Put more tax dollars toward criminals' drug/alcohol treatment?

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668 Votes

Put more tax dollars toward criminals' drug/alcohol treatment?

26%

Yes, break the cycle Yes, break the cycle

74%

No, it's a waste No, it's a waste

26%

Yes, break the cycle

Putting people back in jail or prison over and over without addressing their addictions in serious fashion almost guarantees their return.

Putting people back in jail or prison over and over without addressing their addictions in serious fashion almost guarantees their return. Show Less

4 Comments

Sherri Davison

The expense associated with drug addictions are huge. Treatment would be a good investment and a bargain in the long run

Kale

If our tax dollars are already going towards their prison expenses, we might as well pay for rehabilitation instead of continued incarceration.

Mrs. Steelman

People act in desperate ways when they're suffering from addiction. Treatment would likely reduce crime.

Bob King

Either way you spend the money. Prison, where the person comes out to live in your community with skills you may wish they didn't learn while in prison. Or hopefully successful rehab.

74%

No, it's a waste

Treatment programs should be available, but this is not something more tax money can fix - don't forget personal responsibility!

Treatment programs should be available, but this is not something more tax money can fix - don't forget personal responsibility! Show Less

2 Comments

Sam Ackerman

Stop rewarding the screw ups. Drug and alcohol use is a chosen action.

sharder8

What is the current success rate for those that graduate the treatment and don't re-offend within 5 years of completion? Yeah . . . NO!

Have you seen these electric motorcycles, or dirt bikes, on city streets?

Asked by KTVZ

164 Votes

Have you seen these electric motorcycles, or dirt bikes, on city streets?

83%

Yes Yes

17%

No No

83%

Yes

4 Comments

Jeff Roundtree

I see kids riding them all over Redmond . North end near Elton middle school and around Rimrock. Someone’s going to be hurt .

Barb Burns

There are 3 in the Redmond dry canyon almost every night.

John Sutton

There here in redmond also. I've seen them by Fred Meyer and the shopping center next to the Redmond high school.

lahay3@yahoo.com

Yes, and they are being ridden by young people. They should be cited by the Police for not being street legal vehicles.

17%

No

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Do you think taxing billionaires will help solve Social Security's budget issues?

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114 Votes

Do you think taxing billionaires will help solve Social Security's budget issues?

32%

Yes Yes

68%

No No

32%

Yes

1 Comment

k san

Abso-friggin'-lutely!!! Bs don't pay their fair share due to tax loopholes and because they mostly acquire their enormous wealth thru investments that are NOT taxed, like income is for us peons. They also can pass their wealth on to heirs and there is no inheritance tax either.

68%

No

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KTVZ

Put more tax dollars toward criminals' drug/alcohol treatment?

26% Yes, break the cycle Yes, break the cycle

74% No, it's a waste No, it's a waste

26% Yes, break the cycle

74% No, it's a waste

Have you seen these electric motorcycles, or dirt bikes, on city streets?

83% Yes Yes

17% No No

83% Yes

17% No

Do you think taxing billionaires will help solve Social Security's budget issues?

32% Yes Yes

68% No No

32% Yes

68% No

26%

Yes, break the cycle Yes, break the cycle

74%

No, it's a waste No, it's a waste

26%

Yes, break the cycle

74%

No, it's a waste

83%

Yes Yes

17%

No No

83%

Yes

17%

No

32%

Yes Yes

68%

No No

32%

Yes

68%

No