CITY BUDGETING

Aha, so now we know why the New Year’s Fireworks were sacrificed . . . so the city could get some new cop cars. These cruisers are more fuel efficient than the current SUVs currently in use, this is a huge factor in a city of roughly 3 square miles. If the city wants fuel efficiency, what happened to those Segways that were rolled out a few years ago? (There is a picture to submit for the 50th anniversary of Crab Festival), or bicycle patrols. One can get anywhere in the city limits in just a few minutes on a bicycle, so response time isn’t an issue. Like a bicycle or a Segway, these new cruisers aren’t equipped for transporting law breakers, but with radios on any of these vehicles, an officer could call for the paddy wagon if necessary.

In a city where crime is not a big issue, it is more important to the city to spend more than $60,000 on “more administrative” (From the Mirror) vehicles than spend a tenth of that on relieving the darkness doldrums.

OK, The Kodiak Perspective is being a bit tongue in cheek, and knows that neither Segways nor bicycles are a good alternative on our icy roadways, and neither has a good heating system required for our winters in Alaska. We want our Policemen to have good usable equipment.

So, instead of the City sponsored fireworks, which would have been cancelled anyway, due to weather, The Kodiak Perspective played “Pictionary” with some friends.

HAPPY NEW YEAR