Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for Feb. 21, 2026

Leaders should not be political with tax dollars

It’s always eye-opening to see the spending priorities that state and local authorities make with our limited tax dollars. I was struck by a recent article about the plan to stop accepting $460,000 in federal funds to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, which requires it to share information about non-citizen criminals in custody (“Marin might eschew federal money linked to migrant detainees,” Feb. 11). The story also noted that the county...