It was a good idea when it started? Uh, really? Did anybody do a feasibility study or try to determine if anyone would actually use the ferry? Were port facilities and necessary infrastructure up and running on both sides of the inlet, and fully prepared to begin ferry operations when it arrived? Was there a facility in place to do maintenance and repairs on the ferry when needed? Why weren't the exhaust stacks properly covered to prevent rainwater from ruining the engines? Did Mat-Su borough actually have anybody on hand in Ketchikan who knew anything about this boat and who was capable of taking care of it and keeping borough officials informed on matters concerning the vessel? Do borough officials have an inkling how immensely peeved us Mat-Su property tax payers are with what was a brazenly incompetent bunch of pipe dreamers that allowed this money wasting boondoggle to manifest itself into the train wreck it has become? Next time put the $12 million to a vote Gilligan