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Public to vote again on justice center

[Source: “Public to vote again on justice center,” Press Citizen, 14 Feb 2013] The public will be voting a second time on the proposed justice center. The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to put the $43.5 million justice center bond referendum before the public during a special election May 7. The proposal is […]

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Johnson County to Bring Justice Center Back to Ballot

[Source: “Johnson County to Bring Justice Center Back to Ballot,” KGAN-TV CBS 2 Iowa, 3 January 2013] IOWA CITY, IA (CBS2/FOX28) — Johnson County is planning to bring the vote for a new justice center back to the ballot, but this time, with a smaller price tag. The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is tentatively […]

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Shipping inmates- and millions of dollars -out of the county

Written by Lee Hermiston Iowa City Press-Citizen Since 2001, nearly every county that borders Johnson — Linn, Iowa, Washington, Cedar and Muscatine — has built a new jail or justice center or has added on to and improved its existing jail. And Johnson County Board of Supervisors chairman Rod Sullivan says taxpayers here have helped […]

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Iowa City Press-Citizen Endorses the Justice Center Bond Referendum

Iowa City Press-Citizen July 14, 2012 Our View Earlier this year, the Press-Citizen Editorial Board identified 10 issues to watch in 2012. Here is the fifth in a series of editorials analyzing how those issues look nearly six months later. Building the case for a Justice Center * What we said six months ago: “Johnson […]

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