I did not get a chance to go to the first public hearing on the 08-09 budget but my significant other did. As of 9 p.m., the hot air continued.

So while we are not listening because it is boring, here is a rundown of my favorite department’s fleet of vehicles that was handed out by the Police Chief Monday night.

Now again, I do not have a scanner, but maybe I will be given one from Elim Park. You never know.

Now there are 29 vehicles which make up the Police Departments fleet; nine belong to the Patrol Division; four in traffic; six in Investigation seven in Administration and three in the Utility Division.

PATROL DIVISION:

2008 Ford Expedition-year purchased 2008-total miles-1093.90

2007 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2007-total miles-22,444.00-2007 miles-18,486.oo

2006 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2006-total miles-49,272.00-2007 miles-26,894.00

2005 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2005-total miles-68,726.00-2007 miles-22,474.00.

2007 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2007-total miles-9,876.oo-2007 miles-5,705.00.

2008 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2007-total miles-13,041.00-2007 miles-7,927.00

2006 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2006-total miles-45,504.00-2007 miles-24,834.00.

2006 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2006-total miles-54,069.00-2007 miles-30,817.00.

2003 Ford Crown Victoria-year purchased-2003 used for Traffic-total miles 49,096.00-2007 miles 14,411.00

Ok that is it for tonight with the cars. I will run the rest of the list Wednesday.

But, before I go, let’s see what my people in the Bridgeport Police Department did in 2007 with their fleet of police cars.

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Many of you are wondering if the town really did have a gas use policy in place or did they scramble. I don’t know. As the Police Chief stated Monday night, there comes a point where you have to place your trust in the people that work with you.

That is all well and good, but we do need regulations. Please read Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” which entails the nasty undertakings of our food industry before the USDA.

Some people say it is getting back to the old ways, but believe me, it is not. We cannot rely on people to police themselves, what is this Lord of the Flies? Human nature–it won’t happen.

Now I know many of you are upset with the education budget with nearly the entire budget taking up teacher salaries. All well and good, but all I can say to you out there is that you must remember, one of the biggest, if not the biggest employer in the United States is WALMART!!

You don’t think the gas prices and the high foreclosure rates are not trickling down to you here in Cheshire–THINK AGAIN!!! I wonder who is going to be paying these salaries, not that I am against making good money, I am not!!! But who will be able to pay for this in the next several years? Will you be willing to shoulder most of the tax burden? Probably not.