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Economy may doom Smith County's jail building aspirations

An AP story published in the Houston Chronicle says the economy may doom Smith County's jail bond proposal on Tuesday's ballot:The most contentious local bond election Tuesday in Texas might be in Smith County, where voters in the ultraconservative heart of East Texas could reject a jail expansion proposal for the fourth time in three years. Each have been sound defeats that came in better times for taxpayers. The latest pitch is a $59.6 million, 694-bed addition offered in a widening national financial crisis. Like other local ballot measures Texas, the plan could be sunk by economic fears. "They're whole-package conservatives here," said state District Judge Cynthia Kent, who leads the opposition to a new Smith County jail. "They're law and order, but they're also conservative about giving us more of their money...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 02, 2008 (boomark / email).