THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 4, 1995 TAG: 9501040014
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 24 lines
Regarding the report about Norfolk Sheriff McCabe's refusal to condone the practice of the Salvation Army's giving Christmas gifts to all prisoners in the Norfolk City Jail: Apparently, each gift costs about $5. Roughly 1,400 prisoners would receive them. The cost would come to $7,000.
Each year I give a substantial sum to the Salvation Army. I disapprove its using any of that amount for gifts to people who are jailed for breaking the law.
In the future I will reduce my donation to the Salvation Army.
GERARDINE EDGE
Virginia Beach, Dec. 28, 1994 by CNB