I'd be skedaddling out of Chicago if I was there right now I wouldn’t stay there. Would you live in a place with no public safety? I wouldn’t. So what we did at the state level is put together a couple hundred million dollars to train officers better, to recruit officers and to pay officers better, because we need that. We've had over 250 officers murdered in the last four years, and there's been no uproar about that. We lack in helping out public safety, I've got to be honest with you. We have over $7 billion in the bank right now for the state. That will help people in their pocket books, that makes sense to me, to cut some taxes. We have a huge inflation problem, but what can the state do about inflation that’s (occurring) across the whole country? Here's one thing we can do: We can stop raising taxes. Some of these warehouses coming in might help with that. (Also the) lack of mental health resources - that is one of the independent investigations currently going on right now, was it was found that African Americans were not getting access to mental health (services) and support in our community."īellino: "We need more good-paying jobs to start, (paying) $20 an hour and over. Right now there is already an internal investigation into the (Monroe County Sheriff's Office), and we've had some issues with jails and it's just something that an internal, independent investigation is needed and warranted in this area. There's also a lack of accountability and oversight with our criminal justice system here in Monroe County. Prices are going up on everything and we want to bring in good jobs, well we need to have places where people can live and higher wages for the jobs we do have. Another important issue is affordable housing. There's also a lack of oversight when it comes to racial disparities and inequities in this county. Davis: "I think one of the most important issues facing Monroe County is an issue that's been facing us for years and years and years, and that is the opioid, heroin, fentanyl epidemic.
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