This is the third commentary I shall offer on the subject of current trouble calls that involve bars and restaurants. Hopefully it will also be the last.
What then does our property tax assessments actually entitle the citizens of this city along with other like communities? The recent debacle involving Chop – Eleven and the so called “trouble” calls have brought this subject to the surface and answers should be rendered to bring clarification once and for all.
Question (1): As tax payers and property owners what exactly are we entitled to when it comes to municipal services? Question (2): What is expected of our police force?
Surely it exceeds just directing traffic. Isn’t it their job to quell riots and restore order? They go out on domestic calls, they respond to shoplifting incidents, they have a drug task force… they respond to traffic accidents along with traffic violations of speeding and all sorts of other driving-related infractions.
But when they are summoned to mayhem on the streets suddenly the subject of “man hours” surfaces… why? Isn’t that part and parcel of what they signed on for?
Peter Children of Mason City