Rochester Fast Ferry sinks

So the fast ferry made the headlines again tonight, but for all the wrong reasons. It's going bye-bye. New mayor Duffy decided not to make the city and the tax payers fund it anymore. Well, not completely anyway but he also said that we would need to put 9.5 million into it to pay off debts and sell it. And all they were asking for was another 1.5. Hmmm...that'll definitely be debated to death for the next week. Or month.
Personally, I never rode the ferry but I was all for it being here. There was something big-city and awesome about it that I couldn't explain to you. Seeing it I suppose is understanding.
The thing is, the boat seemed to be jinxed from the start. It hit a dock in New York City, barely squeezed through the Hudson River lockes, it broke down several times, fell off the lift while it was being repaired, it got so in debt that it got locked down for months, the city paid way over what it cost at an auction even though there weren't any other bidders and when it finally started they kept decreasing and decreasing the number of runs it was making. Next thing you know, they were asking the city tax payers to give up another 11 million.
I feel for all the people who put so much time and effort into it. I feel for the businesses who paid rent to be in the ferry terminal who somehow survived when it was in lock down although I think they got some business from people who were just coming around to look at it. What do they have now? Charlotte Beach is a ghost town when it's cold and we have that kind of weather 9 of the 12 months in a year.
So I'm a little sad about it. Not to mention that drive on the QEW is a nightmare most of the time!
Too bad our "friends" in Canada didn't help out paying for that tub. That could've made all the difference.
As the kids from South Park said "BLAME CANADA!"