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Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 1:19pm.
VOTE YES PROP. 1 “SAFE KIDS, SAFE COMMUNITIES” WHAT? On November 6th, 2007 voters will be asked to approve a three-tenths-of-one per cent increase in local sales tax to fund criminal justice and EARLY PREVENTION & INTERVENTION programs. WHY? Because we can’t keep spending increased amounts of tax money (75% in 2007) on criminal justice. It costs $73 per day to be in jail. Costs rise every year. Jail incarceration rates have increased 300% in the last twenty years. It is time to break the cycle and reduce the numbers going into the criminal justice system. WHO? A 2005 survey shows that 40% of Thurston County children are not ready for kindergarten. 934 children were placed under DSHS protection from abuse and neglect in 2006. School registrations documented 654 homeless students. 800 youth dropped out of high school in 2006. One in ten youth aged 16-19 were neither in school nor employed. The Jail Population: 60% were abused or neglected as children. 68% did not complete high school. The documented factors contributing to criminal behavior: - low educational levels - high drop-out rates - histories of alcohol & substance abuse - mental illness - child abuse and neglect - criminal behavior among family members. HOW? The three pennies per $10 will raise about $10 million per year. One third of that will go directly into funding the local public safety & law enforcement. Two thirds, about $6 million will be use for Early Prevention & Intervention programs: 1) Improving School Readiness. 2) Strengthening families to prevent abuse and neglect. 3) Preventing juvenile delinquency and reducing repeat offenses. 4) Promote public safety and reduce adult recidivism.
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Got my vote
Submitted by Norm on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 4:44pm.This musician agrees, Norm
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 4:51pm.I even supplement my income my with music.
"There is only one race, the human race" - The Neville Brothers
I am all for it
Submitted by Guglielmo on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 4:59pm.awww
Submitted by Norm on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 5:27pm.I will not discount your personal experience with your officer
Submitted by Guglielmo on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 10:07pm.Naw
Submitted by Norm on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 12:28pm.It seems the owner of
Submitted by Ehver Green on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 10:47am.I'm not sure I see
Submitted by Guglielmo on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 11:01am.Agreed. Up until
Submitted by Ehver Green on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 12:01pm.n/m
Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 12:46pm.Doug Mah = Gentrification
Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 12:46pm.I hope people understand the difference between Hogan taking money from her parents in Ellensburg, and Mah taking money from out of town developers. Ma and Pa Hogan don't want to gentrify Olympia.
Some may say in response to this that Doug would never let campaign contributions sway his vote, and I won't argue that, it's probably true, and it simply doesn't matter. These developers want Mah in office badly enough to throw money at him. He doesn't have to do them favors or treat them favorably, his voting M.O. is all they need to move into Olympia and price poor people out of the market. I don't want to live in a place where the only semblance of culture and diversity is bussed in daily to work at service jobs for the haves. I don't want to live in an antiseptic, corporate, advertising ridden metropolis that has no soul, and I will fight every step of the way against people like Mah whose worldviews are so myopic that they don't realize what they are doing is inherently classist. You can throw words like progress around all you want, but when progress comes, for some, at the barrel of a gun, we have to ask ourselves: "Is it worth it?", and, better yet: "How much are we willing to take?"
Damn the man! Save the
Submitted by Norm on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 12:48pm.World views? We are
Submitted by Ehver Green on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 1:07pm.World views? We are talking about a small city mayoral election, right? This is quite dramatic, Rob.
really?
Submitted by Rob Richards on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 2:06pm.I'm almost offended that you would say I'm being dramatic. Our country is going to shit, and it's because people aren't dramatic enough. It's not "cool" to care about issues, it's not "hot" to voice your opinion, and if you rail against a classist individual like Doug Mah, you're being dramatic. I want you to understand that this little rant is one of those, "when you say _____, it makes me feel _____" rants. I know that you probably weren't trying to piss me, but you did, so I have to express that.
Please don't take this on a personal level, but if your only criticism of what I have to say is to call it dramatic, then I don't care to hear it. I'm not just spouting off here, I truly mean everything I say. I'm being dramatic because somebody needs to be.
And if you believe that
Submitted by Norm on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 2:08pm.And if you believe that development in the form of $1100 apartments = progress then you probably don't care about houseless people or whether they find a place to live.
Uh, that means they don't care about people who are doing ok and getting by but would not pay $1100 for an apartment and really couldn't afford it. It blows my mind that people rent an apt for that much.
They say that what you pay
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 2:11pm.No, cramping together in a Studio isn't a valid option. Neither is sharing a community home.
It's a fair call, but Society's to blame. ~ Right! We'll be charging them too!
This is a non-partisan issue.
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 1:13pm.Fair question, EG, but my real answer is that I don't see this to be a partisan issue.
I'm guessing that Doug Mah sees the financial value in the Proposition as do many other people. I attended the fundraiser kick off to this event and both GOP and Dems were represented.
There are some people that live in the "no new taxes" world and I suggest that they are not realistic to think that the costs of goods and services can increase, but governments should continue to operate on the same budget year in and year out. It's a very "paradigmish" viewpoint to the solution of the problem.
I don't support the hijacking of the domain name and would prefer to see this type of activity stop, but I definitely don't want to see any of that controversy end up as part of the fodder for discussion of Proposition 1.
"There is only one race, the human race" - The Neville Brothers