Cash bail is punishment for people who can’t afford it Your recent editorial on a key provision of the SAFE-T Act (“State making an attempt at fairness for pretrial detainees,” Jan. 16) was spot on. As you note, the issue of cash bail is an issue of equity. I would only add that lack of […]
Performance venue plan raises many questions Regarding Mayor Turner’s “Ravinia West” plan for a gathering place, performance venue, and wintertime ice rink, I have a couple of questions: • Why build another performance space when we already have one – the Woodstock Opera House – which is continually underfunded and ignored by the city? • […]
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