Closing statement

So that was it, my Maine experience. As you can see, I seemed to touch upon the preservation of Maine and the ways it can be done. I also visited sites that had a special meaning to me. Hence, LL Bean and Veteran's Memorial Park. I also realized I went to a lot of places in Lewiston. I realized this halfway though the project and I guess i subconsciously wanted to show the world what Lewiston has to offer, although many people think it is a rat hole. I had a lot of fun visiting all the sites and my favorite visit was Mt. Katadhin. If you haven't hiked it you must because its amazing. I learned a lot about the places I visited and that knowledge I will always hold in my mind and hopefully always remember so I can tell the grandchildren.
Lastly I wanted to talk about the Casino that Mainers just voted down this past election period. Since my project focused a lot on the preservation side, I chose the WMDC as a different type of preservation. That preservation is the Maine economy, people and wealth. As you can see, there was a lot of worries about the WMDC but in the long run it helped a lot of families. With the casino I felt as if we had the same opportunity to create jobs. I voted yes for the casino because I knew it would bring jobs to Maine. I asked a friend of mine what he voted on question 2. He said no because he wanted to maintain the beauty of Maine, and especially Oxford. I yelled at him. What he and most Mainers don't realize is, is that we are in midst of a crisis, scratch that, we are in a crisis. A lot of old mills are shutting down and small businesses are closing. Many people have to foreclose on their house because they can't afford them because a they have been laid off or their business had gone bankrupt. All of this effects me personally because someone in my family is being effected by it. The casino was a way to secure at least 900 jobs for Mainers. 900 JOBS!! How can somebody vote no for that many jobs? Not to mention what the casino would have done for all the local businesses because of all the people going to the casino. We can't say there isn't a demand for a casino because look at Hollywood slots and all the people getting on buses to go to Foxwoods. I understand that Mainers are trying to protect Maine and its image, but if we don't have jobs, or a healthy economy, we wont have a image to protect. This casino would have been a great thing for Maine, but because of those Mainers that are those, snide,cautious ones, they screwed many Mainers over. Now this casino company has no plans for building in Maine in the future and are looking else where. This is the only and first time I have ever been disappointed in my State because they didn't look at the facts and voted on a issue that was bigger than themselves but in the end they voted on their personal beliefs which I believe are bullshit.
Now that I got that out, thanks everybody for reading my blog and I hope that you all like it and have learned a lot through my explanations.