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Most speakers at Sunset hearing oppose TYC, TJPC merger

I spent all afternoon at the Texas Youth Commission Sunset hearing mentioned here - including offering oral testimony myself - and it was hard to not leave with the impression that the proposal to merge TYC and the Juvenile Probation Commission faces a steep, uphill climb.By my count, only one person testified in favor of the merger besides Sunset staff themselves, and many people (including quite a few chief juvenile probation officers) argued against it, suggesting the recently reorganized agency be given time to work out its kinks.Both Sunset Commission members Ruth Jones McLendon and Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa said they opposed merging the agencies. Sunset Chairman Carl Isset also mentioned he'd received a letter from influential state Rep. David Swinford opposing the idea...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 15, 2008 (boomark / email).