Battle Lines Drawn Over Jail Proposal in Big Spring
Howard County Judge Mark Barr is paying for a phone campaign to promote the eleven million dollar jail bond issue. He's also doing television and radio interviews. On the flip side, a tax committee has been passing out fliers showing taxes will go up 50 percent in the next few years if the jail bond issue passes.
By Michael Stafford Newswest 9
Howard County taxpayers can expect a call soon asking them to support that eleven million dollar jail bond issue. At the same time, a taxpayer committee has been busy doing some anti-jail campaigning of its own. Now voters have a few more weeks to wade through all the statistics and make some educated decisions.