Phone Cards Turn Into Political Debate In Dane County

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A proposal to use county funds to buy free calling cards for Dane county soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan has sparked a political debate. It pits the phone needs of indigent jail inmates against those of troops fighting overseas. Gil Halsted reports…

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