Kootenai County commissioners are prepared to take their jail proposal on the road to organizations wanting to learn more about what's included in the $57 million request. As if it wasn't difficult enough to try to get taxpayers to support that kind of investment in the midst of a recession, commissioners now find they have a mere six weeks to convince 67 out of every 100 voters in the county that this is the best jail offer they're going to get. The election is Nov. 3. We appreciate the observations of Commissioner Todd Tondee and Sheriff Rocky Watson about what the investment would mean: Safe lockup of criminals and a powerful shot to the local economy with millions of dollars in jobs and purchases. But there are questions the commissioners need to answer clearly before the general public is likely to hop on board the jail expansion express/Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Will anything county officials say, at this point, change your mind re: how you plan to vote on the $57M jail bond?