Hugh Carey, Summit Daily
New state funding in part allocated to Summit County will allow the Sheriff’s Office to abide by a law signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper eliminating mental-health holds in local jails like the one in Breckenridge. Getting your player ready...
Re: “” Sept. 20 news story, and “” Sept. 20 news story.
Are you kidding me? These articles were right next to each other on page two. Our state can find money to fund a privately run prison for an additional $10.6 million, while an effective and long standing program to tackle teen pregnancy gets canceled because the federal government has cut its funding of $750,000?
I don’t care how you look at this, it just isn’t right.
J. Linden Hagans, Lakewood
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