Follow-up on the Town Hall Meeting: Budget Cuts Seriously Jeapordize Public Safety
I wanted to write a quick follow-up to my blog post from October 13th regarding the mounting King County budget cuts. As you may know a town hall meeting occured last night at the Shoreline Conference Center. According to today’s Seattle Times the cuts are going to run deep into vital services throughout the county. King Co. Sheriff, Sue Rahr, said cuts will be almost $9 million for the criminal-justice system. Approximately 79 employees will be laid-off (this includes 2 aminal-control dispatches, 2 gambling and vice detectives, a warrant detective and most drug-enforcement officers). For a more detailed description of the meeting click on this link: Officials: King County Budget cuts “seriosuly jeopardize” criminal-justice system. Even though the Times article suggested that the greatest impact of the cuts would be in unincorporated areas, this isn’t the best of news.
