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Gitmo Detainees may be moved to Montana
The American Thinker ^ | April 27, 2009 | Otis A. Glazebrook IV
Posted on April 27, 2009 2:23:28 AM PDT by Scanian
An article with a sensational headline “Hardin jail tries for detainees from Gitmo,” recently appeared in the Billings Montana Gazette. It provides a glimpse into some fundamental problems with big government solutions and the Obama agenda.
Hardin, Montana is a city of 3,384 people and not enough jobs. The city council of Hardin voted unanimously to create 100 new high paying jobs for some of its citizens by getting into the prison business. The city fathers committed to a $27 million bond program to fund the construction of a medium security, 460-bed prison through its economic development agency, the Two Rivers Authority. The prison was completed in 2007.
There was one small problem, no prisoners. Apparently, somebody forgot to investigate the economic demand for a 460-bed prison in the southeast corner of Montana, where the population density is three people per square mile. As a result of not having any customers for a couple of years, the facility defaulted on its financial obligations.
It is not often that a city has a completely empty oversized jail. Thus the Gitmo closing was seen as God sent by the city council. They even passed a resolution:
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