Those vans of inmates coming to the fine jail up on the hill in Jefferson might as well be Wells Fargo trucks bringing money into Ashe County. Ashe officials are boasting that the $11.5 million hoosegow will bring in an estimated $600,000 in revenues during its first year of operation.
Any chance that means the county will make it's economic development website active with some of that extra dole? The official county site welcoming prospective industry has been "under construction" longer than it took to plan the jail.
There's a plenty of law-abiding county residents in the poorhouse who would be mighty appreciative of using some of that jailhouse cash for recruiting a few jobs to the community.
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