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Old 08-05-2013, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DougB View Post
Tourism a lot bigger in Florida than Michigan. Businesses attempted to push back the start of school here also, not for just the visitors but to keep those high school kids who worked at the tourist destinations over the summer working through labor day.
Yeah, I'm not saying yay or nay to that. Maybe because MI tourism season is so limited as opposed to Florida's, they had a stronger argument.

I have no real opinion on this. For us Michiganders, it was nice to extend an August vacation. But once the kids were in varsity sports, they had to be in town for mid-August practice starts anyway.