Sheriff Makes $145M Jail Expansion Pitch

Item: Officials present jail bond proposal: County commissioners say taxpayers will not be put in a pinch by plan /Tom Greene, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: Even with the national economic meltdown, Kootenai County Commissioner Todd Tondee believes conservative sales tax projections will keep taxpayers from getting burned on the countywide capital improvement proposal. Sheriff’s personnel and Commissioners Tondee and Rich Piazza gave the first of eight presentations Wednesday on the $145 million bond proposal that will appear as two propositions on the ballot in November.

Question: Is there any way that this is going to pass?