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    RCA's Cruise Ship Ballot Initiative (CSBI)

    1. Cruise Ship Ballot Measure 2 (PDF)
    2. CSBI Summary (PDF)
    3. Cruise Ship Facts (PDF)
    4. Anchorage Assembly Resolution (PDF)
    5. Anchorage Assembly Resolution Response (PDF)
    6. GAO Report (PDF)

    Radio Spots

    Commentaries/Editorials/Testimonies

    1. Petersburg Pilot July 28 Ballot measure 2 a hot topic in Alaska
    2. Sitka Sentinel August 8th
    3. Cruise industry protests too much - Juneau Empire Letter August 18, 2006
    4. $50 is hardly a deterrent to traveling - Anchorage Daily News Comment August 13, 2006
    5. Measure 2 won't hurt cruise ship industry - letter to the Editor, Juneau Empire, Aug. 11, 2006
    6. Cruise ship initiative - letter to the Editor, Fairbanks News Miner, Aug. 6, 2006
    7. Battle rages over cruise tax - Alaska Journal of Commerce July 30, 2006
    8. Viewpoints: Cruise Ship Taxes SITN Ketchikan July 15, 2006
    9. Viewpoints: Munching on the Cruise Ship Ballot Initiative SITN - Ketchikan July 21, 2006
    10. Anchorage Daily News Cartoon 7-25-06
    11. "Anchorage Daily News Commentary 6-16-06"
    12. "Anchorage Daily News Commentary 6-13-06"
    13. "Alaska Longliner Fisherman's Association Resolution of Support"
    14. "Anchorage Daily News Commentary 5-13-06"
    15. "Anchorage Daily News Commentary 5-16-06"
    16. Juneau Empire "My Turn" 1/25/05 (PDF)
    17. Anchorage Daily News "Compass (PDF)
    18. National Assoc. of Attorneys General Testimony (PDF)
    19. Earth Island Journal Summer 2003 (PDF)
    20. Earth Island Journal Spring 2005 (PDF)
    21. Smartmoney.com Commentary (PDF)

    State, Federal, International Cruise Ship Laws and Memoranda of Understanding

    1. Alaska-specific Federal Law (PDF)
    2. Alaska Law (PDF)
    3. California Law
    4. Maine Law (PDF)
    5. Hawaii Law (PDF)
    6. Washington MOU
    7. Florida MOU (PDF)
    8. MARPOL Sewage Regs
    9. Federal Clean Cruise Ship Act
    10. Durbin Bill Fact Sheet (PDF)
    11. Tlingit Haida Regional Council Resolution: Page 1 Page 2
    12. North West Cruiseship Association of Alaska Inc. v. State of Alaska (PDF)

    Photos/Cartoons

    1. S.E. Alaska State Fair Parade - Best Float (2000)
    2. Welcoming RCCL Felons to Haines (2000)
    3. NWCA Hire ex-CIA Investigator
    4. Sick About Cruising
    5. Cruising with the Wizard

    For more information on the environmental, political, and social impacts of the cruise industry, visit these websites: