Replace Queensgate jail
Dan Gettelfinger of Finneytown has a letter that will be in Tuesday's edition saying "A walk through the Queensgate jail" that ran on Monday's editorial page was "a soft pitch" in favor of the Hamilton County sales tax increase.
It wasn't meant to be "soft." It was an obvious pitch in favor of the increase. Queensgate is a wreck in need of demolishing and the tax hike will pay for much needed new space and training and rehabilitation programs that will make the county a safer, better place to live.
posted by David Wells at 4:47 PM
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Post a Comment*I can wait for the voters to decide this tax funding issue versus two empty suits and a bully sheriff. Bully the criminals but not the voters.
They do have the right to "override the wishes of the voters" in this case. That's what most people are forgetting.
Ed Rothenberg should use that slogan in his tax vote initiative:
Bully the Criminals...Not the Voters!
"I don't think anyone disagrees with the fact that we need a new jail."
I do.
Because the existing jail is in such good condition, right? Or is it because you don't have a problem with paying Butler county to house inmates? Or maybe because the "low" crime rates in Cincinnati are so stellar?
They do have the right to "override the wishes of the voters" in this case. That's what most people are forgetting.
No....we have not declared their two man vote illegal. Just not the will of the people as expressed in the recent voting.
So we will also exercise our rights and through referendum vote down their bloated budget and solution.
And your alternative is .....
Vote down the tax. You still have to solve the jail problem.
I like butler county sheriff jones' operation. Put up tent cities and low cost jail space.
For this solution approach, the cincinnati sales tax could be 1/2 of what 2 politicians and Leis agreed to build.
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