GUEST OPINION: Decreasing gangs, dropouts, the prison population and deficit in Mass.

Posted by Ojornal Staff on Feb 2, 2012 in News from Around Town | Comments Off

It’s so sad to see the cut backs in the life of the community — and this is typical of every community in Massachusetts. In 2000, 17 percent of the state’s budget was spent on negative items such as gangs, drugs, dropouts, teenage pregnancy, crime, and the prison population.