tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post115336472775430314..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153499159675809902006-07-21T11:25:00.000-05:002006-07-21T11:25:00.000-05:00Drink your Juice, Monroe.<BR/><BR/>As long as idiotic comments like his, are made, political opponents will atttack. They know no other course of action. <BR/><BR/>We need the extra jail beds. We have to pay for it. The Council should decide what budget items get cut, dollar-for-dollar, elsewhere in the budget, to match each dollar spent on temporary jail space.<BR/><BR/>We have Mayors Lugar, Hudnut and Goldsmith to thank for this. Almost 40 years of ignoring the problem, just like the CSO. Problems delayed are problems amplified, and more expensive to fix.<BR/><BR/>As I recall, council Dmeocrats, in 1989 or 1990, proposed building a whole new jail for $80 million. Seems like a bargain now, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153446593206198632006-07-20T20:49:00.000-05:002006-07-20T20:49:00.000-05:00but then DOC turns around and pays GEO for the per diem? why not either put them in a "real" DOC facility, or cut out DOC as a middle man?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153431424256861582006-07-20T16:37:00.000-05:002006-07-20T16:37:00.000-05:00DOC still owns the facility and decides who is housed there. The county must enter into a memorandum of understanding with DOC to house inmates there.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153430568634817052006-07-20T16:22:00.000-05:002006-07-20T16:22:00.000-05:00New Castle? That is no longer a DOC facility. They outsourced the entire prison to GEO, a Florida based company, that (I think) used to be called Wackenhut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153410344407004362006-07-20T10:45:00.000-05:002006-07-20T10:45:00.000-05:00Have we heard what the proposal is yet? <BR/><BR/>Does anyone know if the man listed as a suspect from last night's murder was released early?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153403680130980742006-07-20T08:54:00.000-05:002006-07-20T08:54:00.000-05:00Melina has a news conference at 11 am this morning with a long-term solution to the jail overcrowding problem. Coincidence? These guys kill me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153396715042527752006-07-20T06:58:00.000-05:002006-07-20T06:58:00.000-05:00It didn't look pretty on WCTY. I thought I saw you sitting in the front row.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1153365272785840842006-07-19T22:14:00.000-05:002006-07-19T22:14:00.000-05:00Gary,<BR/><BR/>I was at the meeting. And you and I agree 100% on this one. Brizzi is coming on the show tomorrow. I've never seen such political shnannigans in my entire life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com