Jail Bond Backers Face Empty Chairs

Item: No overcrowding at jail meeting: Public stays away from first information session on expansion proposal /Alecia Warren, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: Kootenai County officials are ready to talk. They just need someone to ask questions. The sheriff and county commissioners found themselves facing a room of empty chairs on Wednesday night at the first of the weekly information meetings they will be holding on the jail expansion proposal. “Well, we’ve got six!” declared Commissioner Rich Piazza. Unfortunately, the six were comprised of the three commissioners, Sheriff Rocky Watson and his wife, and a media representative.

Question: Why aren’t we, as the public, interested enough in important issues like this to attend a public meeting?