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03/28/2008: "Myhr & SJI Visitors Bureau Have Dinner With The Gov"

(Lopez/Shaw Councilman, Gov, Gregoire, SJIVB Deborah Hopkins & Mr. Gregoire)

Councilman Bob Myhr was recently a guest of the San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau when they were honored to enjoy dinner with Governor Gregoire at the 2nd Annual Washington Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Dinner at the Governor’s Mansion on March 6.

The Governor recognized the tourism industry as a major economic driver for Washington State; and Myhr has informed the County Council that the meeting also gave him “an opportunity to receive a commitment from Gov. Gregoire that she is supporting a stable, sustainable, long-term capital funding program for the ferries, so there will be adequate boats and dock facilities for the far foreseeable future.”

Myhr points out the lack of funding program has been a key problem in the recent crisis with the ferry system.