I'm starting to believe that I have little choice but to vote yes for both jail expansion measures. I called grant writer Colleen Allison to explain what I read in the Coeur d'Alene Press this morning about the issue re: the consequences of splitting the votes on the two measures -- one that calls for raising $145 in general obligation bonds to fund the jail expansion and the other for a half-cent sales tax to pay for the expansion. The alternatives are this: 1. Do nothing -- and watch the county squander millions per year to ship prisoners to other areas. 2. OK the bond measure and not the increased sales tax -- and pay on average $175

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