http://www.oswegodailynews.com/homearticle.asp?id=31938&section=home&network=oswego Barbara Dix, Yes. Cable TV For Inmates, No. By Jean Payton 8/13/2003 I for one am greatly appalled to think that the people who are in jail get to watch cable TV and the tax payers are paying this in Oswego County. They are not there because they were good little boys and girls. They are criminals and should not be allowed Cable TV and the Taxpayers should not have to pay for this service. Take the money from the Cable and pay Barbara Dix her salary. If these criminals need something to do, get out and have them clean up the road sides, clean up the parks, but don't let them sit there and watch Cable TV. Even my husband and I don't have Cable TV to watch so why should they have it? We live on Social Security and we make less than Barbara does but even her 23,000.00 a year is a very low amount for her job qualifications. The County of Oswego should be ashamed of themselves. Barbara Dix is a huge asset to Oswego County and to consider eliminating her job when other cuts can be made first such as eliminating Cable TV should be done. She brings money into the County while criminals try taking it out. Some comparison this is. Where is this boards mind? The criminals get to watch TVbut Barbara Dix loses her job. What about the other businesses in Oswego? Do they get put aside just so the criminals can watch TV? I think the people who are serving on this board need to do a heads up and cut out spending that is trivial and by no means important such as Cable T V. How many cars are being driven by county officials? Why can't they drive their own cars and at their own expense? If you need to cut corners then you park these cars and do what everyone else is doing driving their own and paying for their own gasoline. Why should the taxpayers have to foot that bill also. I am quite sure if I were to be on this board there were be a lot of extras cut off before I started cutting jobs. When you get down to the nitty gritty then you think about cutting jobs but not before then. Jean Payton, New Port Richey, Florida