Costs, incarceration rates merit a ‘no’ vote on jail measure

For proponents of a November Whatcom County jail-tax measure, it’s not a good sign when Cascadia Daily News reports, “How will that money be spent? This simple question comes with no definitive answers, and voters won’t exactly know what they’re deciding on.”  A Whatcom Democrats resolution concludes, “the current proposal fails to provide what Whatcom voters have a right to expect in terms of transparency, attention to detail, fiscal responsibility, and addressing the u