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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.

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