Costs, incarceration rates merit a ‘no’ vote on jail measure
Democratic Party chair: Big jail is wrong answer to 'root' problem of homelessness
Sept. 1, 2023 5:00 a.m.
Updated Sept. 1, 2023 4:48 p.m.
Panels peel from the ceiling of the Whatcom County Jail in November 2022. Voters will be asked this November to approve a sales tax to fund replacing the current jail on Central Avenue in downtown Bellingham. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
By Andrew RedingGuest Writer
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
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Costs, incarceration rates merit a ‘no’ vote on jail measure
Democratic Party chair: Big jail is wrong answer to 'root' problem of homelessness
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