Commissioner opposes Port Townsend-to-Seattle ferry; fears creation of bedroom community

by Tim Flanagan on March 10, 2010

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[The Port of Kingston's newly purchased 149-passenger ferry, Spirit, prepares to dock in the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven marina recently. -- Photo by Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News]

Jeff Chew has the story in the Peninsula Daily News:

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Commissioner Phil Johnson became the first elected official to publicly speak out against bringing passenger ferry service to Port Townsend.

"I am not going to support a high speed ferry between Port Townsend and Seattle," Johnson told fellow county Commissioner John Austin on Monday.

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