Comments on: Prop 6 Is Unnecessary Prison Spending http://www.policyreport.net/2008/10/prop-7-is-unnecessary-prison-spending/ California Public Policy Debate and Analysis Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Glenn Backes http://www.policyreport.net/2008/10/prop-7-is-unnecessary-prison-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Glenn Backes Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:58:50 +0000 http://thepolicyreport.wordpress.com/?p=244#comment-34 Agreed! Good balanced look, and like everyone reading more than the title and summary, you are finding it necessary to say No to a billion dollars in autopilot spending at a time when the state budget and the economy are in such dire straits. The arguments you make against more prison spending apply to Prop 9, as well. Prop 9 will cost county as well as state government hundreds of millions annually to build new jails and prisons. NO on 6 & 9! Props 6 & 9 would require cuts in funding for schools, healthcare, fire protection and services to seniors, to pay for more prisons and prisoners. Props 6 & 9 would cost over a billion dollars a year, send more people to prison for longer times. Prop 6 would try more 14 year olds as adults, and change 50 criminal laws. Prop 9 would delay parole and require more local and state dollars be spent on jails and prisons. Props 6 & 9 are opposed by a diverse coalition of unions and associations representing teachers, healthcare professionals, firefighters, as well as churches and civil rights groups. Opposed by League of Women Voters, California NOW, NAACP, Equality California, the California Democratic Party, the Placer County GOP, and conservative taxpayer associations in Kern, Orange & Ventura Counties. Many more can be seen at the websites below. NO on 6 & 9! www.votenoprop6.com www.votenoprop9.com Agreed! Good balanced look, and like everyone reading more than the title and summary, you are finding it necessary to say No to a billion dollars in autopilot spending at a time when the state budget and the economy are in such dire straits. The arguments you make against more prison spending apply to Prop 9, as well. Prop 9 will cost county as well as state government hundreds of millions annually to build new jails and prisons. NO on 6 & 9!

Props 6 & 9 would require cuts in funding for schools, healthcare, fire protection and services to seniors, to pay for more prisons and prisoners.

Props 6 & 9 would cost over a billion dollars a year, send more people to prison for longer times.

Prop 6 would try more 14 year olds as adults, and change 50 criminal laws.

Prop 9 would delay parole and require more local and state dollars be spent on jails and prisons.

Props 6 & 9 are opposed by a diverse coalition of unions and associations representing teachers, healthcare professionals, firefighters, as well as churches and civil rights groups. Opposed by League of Women Voters, California NOW, NAACP, Equality California, the California Democratic Party, the Placer County GOP, and conservative taxpayer associations in Kern, Orange & Ventura Counties. Many more can be seen at the websites below.

NO on 6 & 9!

http://www.votenoprop6.com

http://www.votenoprop9.com

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