State vs. County on cuts

It’s interesting to see how the state of Florida handles its budget cuts. Lawmakers are looking at cuts in the state’s airplanes ($1.5 million) and letting non-sex offenders out of prison three months early ($220 million).

Has the county and Sheriff Ron McNesby considered dropping a helicopter or working with the judges on reducing the jail population? We need an accurate inventory of who is in the county jail and for what – maybe, just maybe, not all of them need to be there.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”