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Article: Washington County jail still in question
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- November 9, 2007
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AUGUSTA - Washington County leaders, still reeling after voters
rejected a bid to build a racino in Calais, expressed frustration
this week about the stalled status of their plans for a joint state
and county prison Down East.
Sen. Kevin Raye, R-Perry, said Thursday that he's disappointed
the governor's jail consolidation proposal has sidetracked efforts
for a new facility in Washington County.
"It would be a shame if the failure to follow through on this
means we are not in a position to offer it up as an alternative if
the consolidation proposal fails to win approval in the upcoming
[legislative] session," Raye said in a statement sent Thursday to
officials at the Maine Department of ...