Friday, May 12, 2006
Pulaski County Jail is still in trouble
The Leader, in north Pulaski County, hits on something that has been running in the background for a few years now. The Pulaski County jail is about to be in the news again.
But first, North Little Rock needs to get done with thapennyey sales tax to build a baseball stadium.
Pulaski County Sheriff Randy Johnson wants to reopen the county's 250-bed work-release program, then phase in over a number of years new construction for an additional 808 jail beds at a cost of $34.2 million in construction and $15 million in annual operating costs, according to information he supplied to the county's Public Safety Task Force.
At a task force meeting last week, members concluded that only a dedicated sales tax of one-eighth or one-quarter cents per dollar could pay for such an ambitious expansion.
But first, North Little Rock needs to get done with thapennyey sales tax to build a baseball stadium.
