| The Story | A commissioner told Sheriff David
Walker that, “I’d like to see some
real accounting - I want to see exactly what it’s costing
us” regarding the Sheriff's desire to hire more jailers to supervise
out-of-county inmates. The county is paid $40 per inmate per day
to house inmates from other counties.
County Treasurer Katherine Canova estimated employee costs per jailer
is about $3,500 per month, counting benefits. |
| )News worthiness (1 to 5) |
** |
| The Spin | An inmate brings in $1,200 a month ($40 a day X 30 days). So one jailer (at $3,500 per month) for every 3 out-of-county inmates (3 x $1,200 = $3,600) would put you in the profit zone. But you have to factor in that an inmate needs to be supervised 24 hours and . . . uh . . . screw it . . . call a CPA. |
| The Story |
This year, the county will receive
$121,000 for its share of the never ending tobacco settlement from some
years back. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | One commissioner lit up a cigar
and said, "Sweeeeeeet." |
| The Story | Prolific letter to the editor
writer Ken Hughes now fires off a hot opinion that America was not
founded as a Christian nation. |
| News worthiness | |
| The Spin | The responses to come are already giving me Tired Head. |
| The Story | Former District Judge John Lindsey
passes away. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | A great guy is gone, but his name lives on at the "The John R. Lindsey State Jail." Which I always thought was a little odd, but an honor nonetheless. |
| The Story | Only 8 people have voted in early
voting on the Bridgeport wet/dry election. Voters have to travel to
Decatur to cast the vote. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | "The good news is that I got to stop and pick me of a six pack of cold ones while I was over here. Decatur actually began to look pretty good once I got my drink on," said one Bridgeport voter. |