to the Editor
D .* r Editor:
5 bought it po sible that you
m at be interested in know
ng why I will vote again:
th- proposed Kodiak Public
Utility District.
First, I wish it to be know)
that I was one of the 6(
signers of the petition asking
for this election. The reason
for this is because I feel tha'
everyone should have a right
to vote for or against some
thing that might effect theii
way of life or their pocket
book. But the signing of said
petition did not obligate me
jn any way to the way I sign
the ballot.
For the past few years most
of us have been lamenting the
high taxes. The proposed
P.U.D would allow" five per-*
sons, the directors, to assess
everyone in the district an ad
ditional 10 mills over and
ttuuvc LUC picacilt IttWJ, WHICH
is 1C mills.
They would have to appoint
or hire an assessor. If the val
uation he placed on property
was higher than those made in
the past it would mean we
could be paying double the
present rate on a higher
figure.
All this would require a
bookkeeper, records, an office,
office machines, noitces to be
mailed and other necessities
that would be paid for from
taxes. Add all these expenses
to that of an assessor and it
appears to me that if taxes
were raised, they would prob
ably be raised the limit.
Regarding the roads and
atreets of a P.U.D. I find that
the Alaska Road Commission
will continue to maintain all
roads that has already been
built. Any new roads or streets
that the Alaska Road Commis
sion are asked to build by a
P.U.D. probably will be con
structed, provided, they have
the time and equipment avail
able and are reimbursed by
the P.U.D.
me sr.u.u. wouia De re
sponsible for all maintenance
and repairs except on roads
built by the ARC before the
P.U.D. was formed.
I understand the P.U.D.
will give us bargaining power.
With whom? Surely not the
ARC. They have certain regu
lations they must follow re
gardless of the persons deal
ing with them.
Perhaps we can bargain
•with the city. But about what?
Perhaps water. They now sup
ply water on Misssion Road
and some residents on Mill
Bay Road.
Perhaps the bargaining
would be about fire protection.
We should give thanks to the
city of Kodiak for the protec
tion we do have.
I have been informed that
the city plans to purchase
another fire engine and that
one of the city’s engines will
be stationed near the new
school. There is your fire pro
tection.
Someone said the city’s fire
engines would not answer a
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