Tonight's eternal cowtown question . . .
WHY BUILD ONE KANSAS CITY JAIL WHEN TAXPAYERS CAN PAY FOR TWO AT DOUBLE THE PRICE?!?!
Here's part of the answer . . . Or at least what newsies can print without ending up in the trunk of a car somewhere . . .
Kansas City officials are moving forward with a plan to build a $150 million city jail after talks failed on a proposal to build it alongside the new Jackson County Detention Center already being constructed on the city’s eastside.
Jackson County officials refused to collaborate, citing the addition of costs to their own project, Mayor Quinton Lucas said Monday. With the two facilities, the region will be spending “half a billion dollars on two jails potentially across the street from each other,” he said.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Jackson County and Kansas City couldn't agree on a regional jail. So they're building 2
Mayor Quinton Lucas says the county cited costs in turning away a proposal to add a municipal jail to the $256.5 million Jackson County Detention Center. Now the city and county are spending "half a billion dollars on two jails potentially across the street from each other," Lucas said.
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