Anyone who has lived in Fairfax for any
length of time knows that this town has more than its share of psychotics. As
of matter of fact I’d say that there’s a significant part of our population
that is simply out of their minds. I blame the traffic.
But regardless of the cause, does it
make any sense for the County to be cutting back on mental health services?
Well that is exactly what’s going on, to
the tune of $9.5 million.
An opinion in the Fairfax
Times lays it all out there. I’m not going to re-state the arguments, but I
will add my two cents.
We the tax paying public are going to
pay for all these mentally ill people one way or another. If they aren’t
getting treatment in the hospitals, then they are going to be spending time in
the jails and shelters while diverting law enforcement resources to deal with
them.
But at least with treatment, there’s a
chance that we can save some of these crazies from themselves. Hell, maybe some
of them will be able to live normal lives.
That’s a lot better than the alternative.
So yeah, Board of Supervisors. Go out
there and figure something out. I’m sure
there’s other places we can make cuts that won’t be nearly as damaging to our
community!
