Jail decision wouldn't survive vote

Jail

decision wouldn't survive vote

Due to a procedural

ruling invoked at the Jan. 27 Fayette County Commission

meeting, the board did not allow any public comments

before voting 5-0 to approve the proposed jail expansion

location.

Thanks to

The Fayette Citizen, their opinion page is currently the

only venue available for taxpayers to voice their

dissent.

I want to

be on record as taking issue with Commissioner Linda

Wells' continuing justification for expanding (her quote)

"the nuisance" at its current location because

residents knew a jail was there when they purchased their

homes.

Give us a

break! There was no way affected residents could have

anticipated the impact of increasing the number of inmate

beds from the current 75 to eventually over 800. To use

this argument as justification for totally ignoring the

wishes and concerns of the affected residents certainly

borders on a dereliction of the commissioners' sworn duty

to consider and protect the interests of all taxpayers.

It has

become abundantly clear the commission's reluctance to

allow more time for study and discussion of a project of

this magnitude is an admission they know their approach

is flawed and would not have been approved if presented

to taxpayers for a vote.

Gerald

Stoner

Fayetteville