Does anyone in Gilford realize how much fuel costs these days? Do they even care?
While I acknowledge the fact that Gilford has an energy committee, and the PD has purchased a more fuel efficient car for the Chief, I see little to no evidence that our town is doing anything, especially when it comes to vehicle usage, to save on fuel costs. From the view of the average citizen, everything looks like it's the same as it was when gas was a couple of bucks a gallon. WHY are we running the big Ford paddy-wagon van around on patrol? Why aren't the PD's SUVs parked till winter?
And of course, there is the FD's red F350 gas guzzling pickup truck. You know, the one that's constantly spotted at the various ATMs about the area, sandwich shops, coffee houses, and other such destinations. Obviously these are important missions, but with the price of gas, maybe the town should by a small fuel efficient car for those on the town clock to use for such purposes.
Click here to read the Citizen story about the energy usage changes and progress made in OTHER towns in the area. But I guess we're Gilford, and we have money to burn...
