Education had the same issue a while back and Gov. Bush said we are going to pull up our ranking to the middle and we did. I am hoping the same happens for mental health. |
I was surprised that we did as well as we did. Per capita spending for mental health has been going down for more than a decade. When per capita spending goes down, patients' access to mental health services suffers. |
It's a terrible mixed message that we're sending to kids. |
Panhandling can be very profitable. The quickest way to stop it is to quit giving them money. |
The No. 1 threat to kids in Manatee County is adults. |
This isn't a solution. It just makes it worse. If we are serious about addressing concerns of residents harassed by panhandlers and others, then we need to get serious about providing homeless services. |
We found it when we got up Saturday morning. We've never had anything like this happen. |