Melrose deserves vote for judge
To the Editor:
I am writing in support of Mark Melrose for Superior Court Judge. I am for common sense when it comes to the courts. Jail is expensive and rarely helps people develop the skills they need to get out of cycles. I do support fair and just punishment for those who have done wrong, yet we do not need to lock people up for minor crimes.
Mark supports programs for minor drug offenders, veteran’s courts, and sobriety courts. Mark supports changing the decades old bail system that keeps less advantaged people in jail when they should be out. Mark actively reaches out in the community and has a long history of working with our schools.
Mark supports all these programs while his opponent does not. Maybe Judge Letts is spending too much of his time moonlighting in the Cherokee court system.
Bruce Johnson
Waynesville
