Share a Jail

Share a jail and save at least $50 million!
Here are some simple facts about this waste of taxpayer money:
-If Greene County builds a jail, our taxes will go through the roof for 30 years! For many of us, we will no longer be able to afford to live here.
-This will be the single largest capital expense EVER for Greene County. Our county debt will quadruple – from $13 million to nearly $70 million!
-Sharing a jail would save Greene County taxpayers $1.5 million annually through a permanent reduction in operating costs.
-We have the potential to share a jail with a willing partner, Columbia County, and if we do our taxes will go DOWN.
-The transportation costs to the proposed jail in Coxsackie will be equal to the transportation costs for a shared jail in Hudson. Both facilities would be about the same distance from Catskill and other courthouses throughout Greene County.
-Yes, the state is requiring Greene County to address the deficiencies in our current jail, but the state is willing to allow Columbia and Greene Counties to pursue a shared jail. Better yet, the state will support a shared jail project with free grant money.
Why should we share a jail?
-Save $47 million plus interest and be just as SAFE!
-Save at least $1.5 million per year on operating costs!
-Our taxes will go down, NOT up and through the roof!
-Prevent the largest expense in Greene County history.
-Transportation costs will be almost identical to a new Coxsackie jail.
-We can't afford to add $55 million to our current $13 million debt.
-High debt would limit our options for decades to come.
-NY State will award us as much as $5 million on top of our savings
-What would you like to see in Greene County’s future instead??