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🌱 How falling crime still led JSO to seek a budget increase
Baldwin, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Baldwin! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How falling crime still led JSO to seek a budget increase
Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 93, low: 73.
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ‘Crime is down. You don't relax': Sheriff Waters responds to budget question, violence concerns at District 5 meeting (news4jax.com) — Baldwin residents are part of Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters’ District 5, where he reported significant drops in overall, violent, and property crime while fielding questions about safety and a proposed $38 million budget increase. At the Trinity Baptist Church town hall, Waters emphasized prevention, intervention, and enforcement, addressed teen “takeovers,” and invited all residents to future open meetings and to submit questions by email. 
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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