Suggestions for cutting Anchorage s budget Author:
Print article To add your ideas for cutting city spending, go to www.muni.org and click the Tax Savers link. Here s a sample of what other people are saying: Eliminate personal use of city vehicles. This includes APD patrol cars, Fire Dept. vehicles, ASD and Muni vehicles. I understand the visibility of the patrol cars being driven on personal time; yet cities much larger than Anchorage have and still get by without this frivolous waste of property tax dollars. Eliminate the I&M Program. Teach the local city employees driving city vehicles how to use the ignition key to shut the vehicle down. I cannot count how many times I sat and watched a police unit idle outside a building for hours waiting for the officer to return. If there is a good reason to let them run we need to find alternative ways to address that.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
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The new Mayor of Warwick said that he accidentally turned on the lights in his new city vehicle this week, which in turn caused a motorist to pull over.
That turned out to be an undercover cop. The city provides me with a vehicle which is outfitted with emergency lights, sirens, PA system and police radio. I’m on call 24/7 and they said that I need the ability to respond to emergencies, said Picozzi. They initially assigned me an unmarked Ford Taurus police special. It was a little rocket ship but having driven a pickup my whole life I was very uncomfortable being in a small vehicle so I traded it in for an Explorer. These vehicles are used and already in the motor pool so it’s not costing the city any additional money.