Battleship New Jersey facing tough times after state aid cut to zero

[RamboLiberal]

The number of salaried staff members at the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial has been reduced from 50 to six over the last four years.

The curator stays overnight during children's sleepovers on the ship so officials do not have to pay someone else.

The president-chief executive officer of the floating museum also pitches in, sometimes even transporting the alcohol to catered events aboard the ship.

The Battleship New Jersey is in troubled financial waters this summer after the state cut its appropriation to zero from $3.4 million four years ago.

http://www.philly.com/philly/insights/in_the_know/20110823_Battleship_New_Jersey_facing_tough_times_after_state_aid_cut_to_zero.html?cmpid=124488824

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Tough times along the Delaware...

USS Olympia is also in serious danger:
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/23831

[KansDem]

2. Privatize it...

Make it the, oh, I don't know, the "Koch Bros. 'New Jersey' Battleship," or the "Exxon 'New Jersey.'" That's what's being done with ballparks and amphitheaters!

Or make it into a floating hotel and casino! Advertise with clever slogans like, "Strike it rich on the battleship 'New Jersey!'" or, "The battleship 'New Jersey:' the Loosest Slots on the Severn Seas!"

It'll be a bonanza!!!

I don't know why they aren't doing it now!

[Scurrilous]

3. Sad. n/t

[Angleae]

4. The navy has threatened to take her back in the past if they don't maintain her

Maybe they'll actually do so this time.