AVALON—Avalon’s City Council held an in-depth conversation about the effects of cruise ships on the local economy and infrastructure on Oct. 1. At the heart of the discussion was whether the city
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The city of Avalon needs to have a ballot initiative to let the community decide and not a select few businesses and a City council, hungry for revenue decide the quality of life in Avalon going forward. The Avalon Chamber of Commerce already conducted a straw vote with 70% objecting to more cruise ships. At some point more becomes less when the word gets out Avalon is inundated with cruise ships. Don’t ruin the Catalina experience with cruise ships. This pushback is not unique to Avalon. Ports all over the world both bigger and smaller are calling for and end to cruise ships in their ports.