{"id":1010,"date":"2012-03-15T06:49:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T10:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/cca-private-prison-project-shelved-vdt.html"},"modified":"2012-03-15T06:49:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T10:49:04","slug":"cca-private-prison-project-shelved-vdt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/cca-private-prison-project-shelved-vdt.html","title":{"rendered":"CCA private prison project shelved —VDT"},"content":{"rendered":"According to this morning’s paper VDT, the contract between\nprivate prison company CCA and the Valdosta-Lowndes County\nIndustrial Authority has expired.\nThe land owner could sell the land to CCA anyway,\nbut that would be\n\nwithout a state or federal customer for the prison<\/a>\nand without $5 or $6 million in\n\neconomic incentives<\/a>\nVLCIA was going to arrange, including\nwithout water and sewer<\/a>.\n

\n\n<\/a>\n

\nAccording to\n\nthe letter Brad Lofton signed and VLCIA sent to CCA 12 November 2009<\/a>,\nthe total of incentives was more like $9 million dollars\nof tax abatements for CCA or tax-funded work, all of which the rest of us\ntaxpayers would have to pay for one way or another.\nAll that plus the prison itself would have been paid for with our tax dollars.\nTax dollars that now can go to rehabilitation or education instead.\n

\n\n<\/a>\nSo the people of the community win!\nCongratulations to\n\nDrive Away CCA<\/a> and all others who helped oppose this private prison project,\nand congratulations to the Industrial Authority\nfor finally saying what is going on.\n

\nPerhaps now the Industrial Authority can get on with bringing in industry\nthat will actually contribute to the community.\nHow about industry that people would be proud to move next to?\nIndustry that would employ local people?\nIndustry that would attract knowledge-based workers and businesses?\nMaybe that’s what VLCIA’s\n\nStrategic Plan Process<\/a> is about.\nIf so, let’s all help the Industrial Authority achieve it.\n

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