Raising Sales Tax to Build Jail
I’d like to thank Sheriff Brad Gates for getting out front on the jail issue and urging the county supervisors to support a special election for a half-cent sales tax to build a new jail.
Gates understands the problem of overcrowded jails in Orange County. He’s the guy charged with managing the existing facilities that are filled beyond capacity. As the chief law enforcement officer of the county, it must keep him awake at night to think that dangerous criminals are being set free just because there is not ample space to keep them behind bars.
LAURA SCHREIBMAN, San Clemente
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