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birdwatcher) wrote2009-05-29 10:45 am
birdwatcher) wrote2009-05-29 10:45 am
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Ann Woolner @ Bloomberg Top News -- Actually, they asked for it. Folks in and near Florence, CO took up a collection in the 1980s so they could buy the land to give the government to locate the prison there.
Please, they said, put it in our backyard.
They wanted the jobs, almost 1,000 positions to staff the four prisons within the federal complex.
“We were under no misconception they were going to fill it with kindergarteners,” says Florence Mayor Bart Hall.
The county already had eight state prisons, making corrections a recession-proof, economic mainstay of the area. And while it isn’t the sort of thing the town advertises in “Welcome to Florence” newcomer baskets, the prisons are something that long-time residents take for granted.
Please, they said, put it in our backyard.
They wanted the jobs, almost 1,000 positions to staff the four prisons within the federal complex.
“We were under no misconception they were going to fill it with kindergarteners,” says Florence Mayor Bart Hall.
The county already had eight state prisons, making corrections a recession-proof, economic mainstay of the area. And while it isn’t the sort of thing the town advertises in “Welcome to Florence” newcomer baskets, the prisons are something that long-time residents take for granted.