Letter to the editor: Vote No for common sense on the jail referendum
A letter to the editor from an Iowa City resident urges voters to reject a bond referendum for a new jail, citing a lack of public dialogue.
By Tim Weitzel, Iowa City I will be voting no on the upcoming bond referendum to fund a new jail and sheriff’s office, not because I dislike law enforcement or because I think we shouldn’t have a jail but because there has been no dialogue about why this facility has to be built and why […]
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