FULL COLOR ADS

Have you noticed the full color ads that have been running in the Kodiak Daily Mirror espousing the virtues of development on Near Island? The ads are hard to miss as they sprawl across the bottom of the page. If you look very closely you will see the inscription “Paid for by the City of Kodiak”. Plans for development of Near Island are moving forward quickly, with lots allocated for 2 native corporations, the Post Office, the Alaska Marine Highway terminal, and the Jail/Police Station. So why is the City of Kodiak spending gobs of money on this public relations campaign when it is pretty much a done deal? Are they going to convince the nay-sayers or are they trying to sway those fence sitters on the City Council to finalize the plans that they have been shoving down the taxpayers throats. Full color ads in the Kodiak Daily Mirror cost $800 plus the linage costs of $10.99 per column inch! The property tax that the Kodiak Perspective pays (City of Kodiak 2 mills) would not cover the cost of even 1 ad. The City of Kodiak must be swimming in money, or in the planned 14 million dollar pool.