Maine is always pushing for tourism. “Vacationland, the way life should be” is the motto. Unfortunately, this is not the way life is going to be for our border.

As a businesswoman, I travel frequently to St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and on returning into the states it would take five minutes to cross. On May 22, I sat in my vehicle for two hours just to drive home for another hour.

The Customs and Border Protection agents live in our town, they know us, they know our children, yet in a feeble attempt to correct a situation they were told to question everyone. Campobello Island has 1,250 people and jobs are scarce. They have no choice but to commute to St. Stephen or Lubec.

Border businesses are going to suffer because no one wants to sit in a car or truck for two hours and then be questioned as to where he or she is going and what his or her business was in that town or city.

Campobello-Lubec is an international community. Both sides will be affected. Are we as a society going to let the terrorists dictate how we live? Are we going to take a stand and not let them dictate how we monitor our borders and how we live our lives?

Mary Greene

Quik Shop manager

Lubec