Ron says.. this article explains the real reason they wanted to come to Newport..
Ship-scrappers still face tough sailing: "Ship-scrappers still face tough sailing
After rejection in Newport, a salvage firm will encounter similar hard questions no matter where it sets its sights
Saturday, January 28, 2006
I t's hard not to feel some sympathy for executives of Bay Bridge Enterprises, the Virginia company that wanted to bring deteriorating old ships to Oregon's Yaquina Bay for salvaging.
Local and state officials led company officials to think they'd be warmly greeted in the coastal community as job-creating heroes.
That vision turned out to be as fanciful as predictions of U.S. tanks being showered with flower petals on the streets of Baghdad. Instead, Newport townspeople gave port commissioners a standing ovation last week when they rejected the shipbreaking deal."
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