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So, something happened today. Something that is too private to blog about. But something that makes it seem more likely that my family will be leaving the Kenai area. Maybe even Alaska. I won't talk about it. Those of you who know me know how livid I was today. Those of you who know me were just as livid. Instead of talking about it, let me talk about the Kenai/Soldotna area. When I moved here, I thought Alaska would be free. That is what I cared about: being free. I remember it clearly. And in someways it is incredibly free. But on the Kenai Peninsula, the people are insane. They demand cops, ever more cops. It is easy to blame the cops (and I do) but the real problem is with the people in this community. People who don't know how to mind their own business. People who call the cops for every little bullshit thing you can imagine. I don't know these people personally. Everyone I know in this part of Alaska cherishes freedom. But they are out there. Bible thumpers. Busybodies. People who demand the police control the people completely. I have almost had enough. I am a law abiding citizen. I pay my taxes and raise my kids and follow the law. Yet the police feel like a constant presence in our life. I play a game with my kids called "spot the cops". Everywhere we go, there they are. I wish in a way that I could teach my kids to respect the police. But I won't. I will teach them to never, ever talk the police. Do you have a warrant? Am I free to leave? I want a lawyer. Now. If you don't have a warrant, get off my property. Now. No you can't have my name or birth date. DO YOU HAVE A WARRANT? I WANT MY LAWYER! That's about it. The police are a real problem in this community. I have never had any 'crimes' committed against me or my family. But we have been harassed by the police several times. Goes to show. I've about had it. This may be it.....I am seriously thinking about finding a place where the police don't outnumber the People. If I was single and full of piss and vigor I might stay and fight but I don't need my kids raised like this.....this country has gone to shit and there is nowhere left to go.

Full post as published by A Public Defender's Life in Alaska on October 02, 2010 (boomark / email).