Letter: Don’t waste needed money on new jail

Your May 2 editorial supports an empty home tax that could raise $300 million over 10 years for urgent city needs (“Empty-homes tax worth the effort,” Star-Advertiser, Our View). But on April 25, you called for funding a new Oahu Community Correctional Center, a project that’s likely to cost over a billion dollars (“Lock in funds for OCCC relocation,” Star-Advertiser, Our View).

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