Comments by woodster
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Posted on March 28 at 6:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Why is it every time a problem surfaces we go after part of the problem and try to limit it. You dont think they will get it somewhere else? What a joke. People are very smart when it comes to finding new ways to do old things. Take out a drug dealer, two more pop up. Take away hard alcohol, go to a different store. If they want to get drunk they will find the booze they want to do it with. Does not matter where you hide it.
On Fairbanks ponders special 'zone' in war on chronic drunkenness
Posted on March 28 at 6:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I believe the state as a whole needs to get more involved in pushing for the natural gas pipeline. The reserves on the north slope are so vast that we could all benefit in time from this. But Alaska should be the one putting in the line. Not the big corporations. Then we would be the controlling factor in the whole thing. It needs to happen soon. All these talks with different entities is just a continuing delay. Natural gas is a plentiful alternative fuel to oil. Natural gas is the answer to our fuel crisis. If we put in our own line then we wouldnt be in the situation we are in now with oil. We pay lower 48 prices for fuel and we refine our own oil. Not very fair is it? So Alaska lets build the darn thing with portions of the money coming from the permanent fund and whatever else it takes to get it down to Valdez. Ship portions of it and sell it for profit. But lets also plumb alaska in so a majority of the state benefits from it.
Posted on March 27 at 9:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ok let me clear this up for those of you that might have misconceptions about the police reports. Having had extensive experiences with the judicial system in Alaska I believe my self to be a bit of an expert. First of all police reports are a matter of public record whether you read it in the paper or go to the police station and read them. So what if they put them in the paper. It is a way to keep up on the things our police officers are dealing with on a daily basis. It also can give us an idea of just what kind of people we are living around. Also how many times have you seen a friend in the paper and found it amusing. It does not necessarily mean that a person has done exactly what was written about them. It is assumed that a person is innocent until proven guilty.
Now as far as what is brought into court, unless it goes to trial which rarely happens since most cases are plead out then a jury of peers is not present in the court room and cannot be biased by reading a police report. But if someone who was placed in the police report found themselves going to trial and facing a jury of peers then yes the police report would come into play in the court room and the jurors would hear the same things they read in the paper. the jurors would also more than likely hear more than what was in the paper also. Once again you are presumed innocent until proven guilty and so the police report is not the final word on a persons actions. Although you are not treated as though you are innocent once you enter the judicial system. It is not a perfect system and I have been a victim of it a time or two. I also have been guilty a time or two so it goes both ways. I would have no problems having my name printed in a police report. I am 100% confident it would have no bearing on the outcome of my case.
Posted on March 25 at 2:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well how can one honestly determine if a person is impaired when their bac is below the legal limit. What if the person is just naturally off a little. I have encountered numerous people that I could swear are drunk and yet they are completely sober. I think that we focus too hard on the drunk driving thing. It is a problem yes. It shouldnt happen I agree but the plain truth is that it has become less social accepted than it ever was and you are also implying that a persn has already done harm when they drink and drive. Its like convicted someone for what could happen and not what has happened. The answer to laws is not increase the charges of the offenses. We are already overwhelmed in the prison system as it is. So I would say that it should be cut and dry. .08 and over drunk. under that sober. Because if a person blew .05 and was considered impaired then the same can for a person who blows.10 and not impaired. But you never see that do you.
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Posted on March 28 at 6:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Alright they had every right to kill that bear. Having lived for quite some time on the slope I learned that you don't play with polar bears at all. They have no fear of man. We are food just like any other animal to them. Polar bears are the only ones in the bear family that think of us as food. Other bears would just as well get away from us. They dont care for our noise or smell. And as for the dead animals around, it is the way they choose to live. Don't judge them on that.
On Polar bear killed near village in Interior Alaska