| Message Number: | 101 |
| From: | Dave morris <thecat Æ umich.edu> |
| Date: | Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:13:26 -0500 |
| Subject: | vote today in Washtenaw county- yes or no for the new jail/court/mental health center? |
Does anyone know anything about this? I'm inclined to vote for it, because having another courthouse will reduce the load and cycle people through faster- people who aren't guilty shouldn't have to spend time waiting for trial. That and additional mental health centers will get people who are in jail because they're broken the help they need. I'm iffy on whether or not we really need more jail cells, maybe pressure there is a good thing because it'll let out people who are there for dumb reasons, like smoking marijuana or cheating on their taxes or other non-violent offenses... throwing people away may be too easy of a solution. Also it helps to pay for this here because otherwise these services and expenses will come out of other budgets, like hiring cops who should be out searching for those three guys who broke into a house on central and robbed everyone in it at gunpoint the other week. But I'm torn, I don't have a full understanding of the tradeoffs. I was wondering if anyone else had an opinion or additional info. To those of you outside of Washtenaw county, sorry for the irrelevant spam, though your opinion is welcome too! To those of you inside Washtenaw county, get out and vote! :-) Polls close at 8. www.publius.org tells you where to go to vote. Dave Morris University of Michigan EM PhD candidate, aka thecat Æ umich.edu, aka KB8PWY home: 734-995-5525 office (2104 SPRL): 734-763-5357 fax: 734-763-5567 ElectroDynamic Applications Inc. phone: (734) 786-1434 fax: (734) 786-3235 morris Æ edapplications.com

