Officials Mull Next Steps For Jail

Item: As jail plan dies at polls, leaders mull next steps: Kootenai County pays to outsource inmates /Alison Boggs, SR

More Info: Kootenai County will continue to ship inmates to other jails – to the tune of about $52 million over the next decade – following the failure Tuesday of two ballot measures that would have expanded the county jail. … County commissioners also will lobby state legislators to renew the local-option sales tax that expires at the end of the year, he said. That legislation allowed the county to place two measures on Tuesday’s ballot, but both failed to garner the two-thirds support needed for passage.

Question: Does you believe elected officials that Kootenai County really needs a new jail? Or do you believe they can get by with what they have for the foreseeable future?