Prūsis Given Full Powers: Can Now Sort Out Karosta Too

Liepāja City Council has finally decided - Aivars Prūsis is the man who will sort out the Municipal Police. After lengthy deliberation, the councilors concluded that if he's been performing his duties so far, then why not give him the position too. Logic like Riga's traffic system - weird, but somehow it works.

Meanwhile, Karosta is experiencing a real cultural renaissance. Plans are underway to establish a children's choir at St. Nicholas Cathedral, and they've even found a specialist. Local Maija from Karosta comments: "Finally something good! Maybe the kids will stop wandering around the old barracks and start singing." True, candidate selection is still ongoing, but hey, Karosta without a choir isn't real Karosta.

On O. Kalpaka Street, the same disaster has struck again - for the seventh time in a row! The sewage collector has broken, wastewater has flowed into the heating system, and the result is like an earthquake in Riga - everyone's scared, but nobody really knows what to do. Local residents are starting to think there might be some secret underground that keeps breaking the pipes.

And while the city has only 40 taxis, which for our 70-thousand-strong city seems like a drop in the ocean, February continues to mess with heads with its weather conditions. As local poet Modris Zihmanis said: February "had bent its crooked back and rinsed the city sidewalks." Well yes, that's our Liepāja February - as clear as the Daugavgrīva tram.