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Opinion: Protecting Juneau’s future depends on protecting Juneau’s environment

Let’s use this break to figure out some reasonable limits on cruise traffic.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Juneau is a shining star and model for other visitor destinations

Our community is a model for destinations around the world on how to responsibly manage tourism.

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Opinion: The plague of intellectual laziness

What’s become increasingly lazy, is our political discourse.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: How many cruise ship tourists would be acceptable?

People don’t want to live in Disneyland.

This photo shows University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau.  (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: We can’t run our businesses without the University of Alaska

We rely on UA grads to power our workforce.

A fishing vessel is dwarfed by the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Pearl in Juneau’s downtown harbor in September 2014. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: How many cruise ship tourists are enough?

If the passenger numbers increase, the number of disgruntled residents will grow even faster.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion:We can do better for our community and visitors

We can do better.

(Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Juneau needs more community events

Even though tourism brings cash flow into Juneau, tourism keeps locals out of downtown.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Let’s keep the discourse civil during cruise debate

I truly hope all of us who love Juneau can rise above the rancor.

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s subservience to Trump continues

By Rich Moniak

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Biden’s ‘30 x 30’ conservation plan falls short

Given the encouraging first 100 days of the Biden administration, the plan is disappointing.

Unless something changes at the federal level, Juneau's waterfront may be devoid of cruise ships for another summer. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: How the cruise ballot initiative process went wrong

Juneau voters should care enough not to sign on to this ill-conceived effort.

The Norwegian Pearl cruise ship, right, pulls into the AJ Dock in Juneau in September 2018. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Alaska Ocean Center opposes Cruise Ship Limitation Initiatives

Juneau is a special place. We all work to protect it.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Doing tourism better takes clear vision, not extremes

We risk creating a situation where it will be hard to meet in the middle.

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Opinion: Downtown Juneau needs a new baseball field

The economic benefits are so obvious.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Reject the cruise control initiatives

I write to express my opposition to the three initiatives now circulating…

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Opinion: Why is CON Still in Alaska?

CON laws are little more than expensive and time-consuming barriers to care.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Cruise line talking points reinforce ballot initiatives’ purpose

In the Empire’s May 7 article, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Howard Sherman, executive vice-president onboard revenue and destination development,…

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Opinion: Lost revenue is severely impacting local decisions

It’s a different kind of crisis.

This photo shows George Bennett Sr. shortly after arriving in Vietnam in 1967. Bennett served in the 2/12th Infantry 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and was assigned to Dau Tieng Base Camp. (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: It’s time to correct a Vietnam-era injustice

“We have the power to make this right.”