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Old Feb 29, 2020 | 12:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Gardyloo
When I initially read the first paragraph

With all of its mainline ferries broken down, undergoing renovations or laid up for lack of operating funds, the Alaska Marine Highway System will pay a Southeast Alaska tourism firm $22,150 for a series of private ferry sailings this month.
I thought I read "... will pay a Southeast Asian....." For a few moments I thought Alaska was going to go to low-cost route and hire a Indonesian or Filipino ferry company to run the services.
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