http://www.thesubtimes.com/2010/03/08/carrell-says-deal-to-close-mcneil-island-prison-poses-public-safety-risk/ The community newspaper for DuPont, Fircrest, Lakewood, Steilacoom and University Place Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:09:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thesubtimes.com/2010/03/08/carrell-says-deal-to-close-mcneil-island-prison-poses-public-safety-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-3871 Dean Gruber Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:08 +0000 http://www.thesubtimes.com/?p=13967#comment-3871 It seems to me that for the most part our illustrious elected lawmakers fund their pork first; then, when something like the need for public safety crops up they come crying that taxes need to be raised in order to pay for more cops or fire services etc. Cops, Fire & Public Safety should be the priority to be funded NOT golf courses or worthless public art projects that are over priced & serve no purpose. It seems to me that for the most part our illustrious elected lawmakers fund their pork first; then, when something like the need for public safety crops up they come crying that taxes need to be raised in order to pay for more cops or fire services etc. Cops, Fire & Public Safety should be the priority to be funded NOT golf courses or worthless public art projects that are over priced & serve no purpose.

]]> http://www.thesubtimes.com/2010/03/08/carrell-says-deal-to-close-mcneil-island-prison-poses-public-safety-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-3861 nancy copeland Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:20:56 +0000 http://www.thesubtimes.com/?p=13967#comment-3861 Is there anyone else out there that considers it at all hypocritical that the latest publication of Lakewood's newsletter had as it's front page headline, "We will never forget", referring to our 4 murdered police officers who had been gunned down by a felon on the lose. Only a couple of days before I received my newsletter the TNT reported that those officer's positions would not be filled as planned because of lack of funding. As a longtime citizen of Lakewood, I know we have been understaffed in our police dept. as long as I can remember. Now we are fed the story that McNeil must shut down for the same reason. We have also been told for years that we need MORE prisons-they are overcrowded and release offenders because of lack of space. Can someone please tell me how this all adds up? Of course we are in very serious times-all the more reason to get serious! We have to prioritize and safety for the innocent, law-abiding citizens must come first. I wonder if we might have the necessary $$$ if we didn't have to pay out multi-millions in lawsuits for people who's lives are ruined because we let murderers run free. Is there anyone else out there that considers it at all hypocritical that the latest publication of Lakewood's newsletter had as it's front page headline, "We will never forget", referring to our 4 murdered police officers who had been gunned down by a felon on the lose. Only a couple of days before I received my newsletter the TNT reported that those officer's positions would not be filled as planned because of lack of funding. As a longtime citizen of Lakewood, I know we have been understaffed in our police dept. as long as I can remember. Now we are fed the story that McNeil must shut down for the same reason. We have also been told for years that we need MORE prisons-they are overcrowded and release offenders because of lack of space. Can someone please tell me how this all adds up? Of course we are in very serious times-all the more reason to get serious! We have to prioritize and safety for the innocent, law-abiding citizens must come first. I wonder if we might have the necessary $$$ if we didn't have to pay out multi-millions in lawsuits for people who's lives are ruined because we let murderers run free.

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