$24.4 million "mental health tax" for jail?
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    Post $24.4 million "mental health tax" for jail?

    Financial proposals for Sarasota Sheriff to jail mentally ill and substance abusers:

    • $24.4 million for "Mental Health Special Taxing District" for new Sarasota jail for mentally ill and substance abusers.
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    • 10 stories with maximum build-out for 200-beds at 2020 Main St:
      https://www.google.com/maps/place/20...!4d-82.5297893
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    • Proposed experiments:
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      (a) 40-beds in a secured residential treatment re-entry experiment.
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      (b) 200-beds in a secured substance abuse facility at First Step
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      (c) Initial costs:
      . . . $1.3 million up front
      . . . $651,000 to harden First Step’s Sarasota facility.
      . . . $2.6 million annual operating cost

    Source:
    https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/...on/6004237002/

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    These non-profit special interest mental health groups come and go and it's not a long-term solution to jail overcrowding. For tax purposes, they are classified as being "non-profit," but don't be fooled: they are in business to make money. Instead of building and having multiple buildings/jails, why not build one (1) jail facility/building to last for another 50 to 100 years? Pick a location and announce it as a 100 year plan. That will be easier to justify financially to taxpayers who must ultimately pay for it all. Why not think long-term? The experimental crap is short sighted and not financially effective for the long-term. Too many "non-profit pockets are being greased for short-term gain."

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    Kurt is not tough on crime. He was a criminal himself. He wants criminals to be free. They are just misguided.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
    Kurt is not tough on crime. He was a criminal himself. He wants criminals to be free. They are just misguided.
    Hopefully Hoffman is insightful enough to understand that a long-term 100 year financial plan for jail infrastructure is wiser than a short-term investment in non-profit mental health counselors that come-and-go. Time will obviously tell. Counselors can always be hired after the long-term jail infrastructure is built.

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    Kurt’s Hoffman is a verified thief he stole from citizen and he lied on a polygraph. He is not respected and will never never be a good sheriff. He is not a good man and morally bankrupt. How can he be a good sheriff? His employees secretly hate him.

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    Kurt’s Hoffman is a verified thief he stole from citizen and he lied on a polygraph. He is not respected and will never never be a good sheriff. He is not a good man and morally bankrupt. How can he be a good sheriff? His employees secretly hate him.
    Secret or not, the people elected him.

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    County Commissioners OK plans for a 200-bed jail diversion facility adjacent to old jail

    https://www.yourobserver.com/article...rsion-facility

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
    Secret or not, the people elected him.
    Not all “the people”.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
    Secret or not, the people elected him.

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    Not all “the people”.
    What are you suggesting?

    Kurt Hoffman's treasurer (Eric Robinson) is under criminal investigation, per order of the governor. Robinson was also the treasurer for Tom Knight and the local Sarasota GOP. If there is fallout that taints others, to include Tom Knight and Hoffman, then they will have to deal with that political fallout. In the meantime, the "system" continues to creak and groan under the stress of internal politics.

    "Power" is the most corrupting force, for those who get a taste of it. In the Florida Constitution, the office of sheriff is the most powerful Constitutional officer in Sarasota County, superseded only by the governor. In lay terms, only the governor (supervisor) can suspended a sheriff (employee) - and then the state legislature (arbitrators) decides the facts of the allegation(s) i.e. the state legislature decides whether or not to impose punishment or permanent removal of an elected sheriff.

    This electoral system is what we have in the United States. In Sarasota County, the "people" elected Hoffman as their next sheriff. You may have dirt on Hoffman and he may or may not be crooked or immoral, but nonetheless, he has been elected. That's the system. Even if bad people get elected, we still have the BEST governing system throughout the planet. Yes, bad people get elected on both sides of the aisle (Republican & Democrat), but that's the system in the U.S. Constitution, in the Florida Constitution and in the Sarasota County Charter.

    Every dog has his day and no one escapes judgement, even if they are oblivious to it in their day-to-day activities. The Constitutional sun rises and falls on both good people and bad people (Matthew 5:45).

    So again, what are you suggesting?

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