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Posted on May 20 at 1:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It looks like we need to hire 200 more firefighters then.
On Firefighting
Posted on May 20 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I can't wait to vote Ramras out of office. At this point I would vote for my neighbors dog if it was my only other option.
Posted on May 20 at 1:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The fire insurance rates inside and outside the city are within a few dollars per year. If you factor in the reduction in property tax it's a huge savings to not live within the city.
On Fairbanks City Council rejects three-year contract for firefighters
Posted on May 16 at 11:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The only reason gas costs more in Europe is because they have super high taxes to pay for socialism. The crude oil costs the same, and the refineries make the same profit. For their $9 gas they get all the wonders of a socialist government. No thank you.
Posted on May 16 at 11:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
1)Hardly any of this money is going to "Big Oil." The State gets over $3 back for every gallon that we buy. Big Oil does not sell their crude to the refinery, the state does. They are just letting the people in on their multi-billion dollar windfall due to high oil prices.
2)This is a short-term fix to bridge the gap until the long-term solutions can be implemented. Fairbanks should have coal to liquids by next fall. The Healy Clean Coal plant should be online within a year. We could have a gas line within 10-15 years. Susitna dam will be powering the railbelt in 10-15 years. We just need a little help to get where we are going.
3)Alternative energy is not going to fix the problem. The total power from all green energy SNAP producers over the last year would power the GVEA grid for a grand total of 8/10ths of 1 second. Wind farms will take years to being online and Susitna dam is at least 10 years out.
4)What good would a Prius do? Seriously get real this is Alaska. In five years we would all be paying to replace the batteries and the energy used in shipping the used batteries out and the new ones in would consume more fuel than was saved. I only drive my truck when I need to and a $100 fuel card will not even fill the tank up anymore.
On Alaska proposes $1.2 billion program to help offset energy costs
Posted on May 12 at 12:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I guess we could just bend over and take it.
Posted on May 9 at 4 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Try finding this story in any other newspapers across the state. I guess that this is not even worthy of being reported.
Posted on May 9 at 11:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Keep in mind that this is a local problem. Anchorage natural gas rates are going down 10% next month. Across the US natural gas costs have only increased 3-5%. The villages are paying more, but their infrastructure is not as dependent on heating oil. They can walk across town in 5 minutes and one room cabins can easily be heated with wood like they have been for hundreds of years.
Arcticracer how can you say that there is not enough energy to go around? $40 billion dollars worth of oil cross this borough each year. We are living in the middle of a corn field and starving because of our State energy policy.
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Posted on May 29 at 7:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Police Chief Dan Hoffman was cautiously optimistic about the numbers, noting that some people might notice small objects stolen from their house or car and not report the theft to police."
People have stopped reporting thefts because of the apathy of the police department to investigate. I've know of multiple incidents where items were stolen and the victims had a very good idea of who stole them and the police were too busy to follow up on it. When you call the police they tell you to come down and fill out a form if you want to, but there is little chance to get your stuff back.
On Crime drops in Fairbanks for second year in a row