Tracey Bartels who is running for another term in the Ulster County Legislature, helped expose the Republican boondoggle which is the County Jail. Cost overruns and strange pricing led to a jail which is too expensive and too large. It now holds few criminals. The majority of those incarcerated have been charged with minor, non-violent crimes and are awaiting trial there because they are too poor to provide bail. David Clegg supports using the mostly empty jail for rehabilitation. He will turn the empty cells into offices staffed by people who will work to restore promising candidates to a better life.

His Republican opponent wants to scare people into believing dangerous criminals will be set free to cause more harm. Bail is not the only way to insure that those arrested will show up for trial. Ankle bracelets will do the job just as well. Drug treatment, counseling,and job training are better ways to start over than sitting in jail with hardened criminals as neighbors. Incarceration disrupts whatever was stable and leads to loss of job and relationships. A lock them up mentality is simplistic. Dave Clegg is going to bring more understanding to the situation without loss of control. Vote for him for District Attorney and the ridiculous jail will be better used. Dangerous people will stay behind bars and more people who can, will find a better life. David Clegg will save money and lives and is the right man for the job.