Via the Crossroads Journal - "Confused by the Prison Process" Learn the details behind the potential referendum to put the prison funding on the ballot
Via KSL - Sen. Stevenson has decided that he no longer has to listen to the people. "Because each site has people pushing to keep the prison out, Stevenson said community opposition is no longer a factor in the decision."
Via Fox 13 - “I’m trying to understand whose backyard we’re in?” Nardi said, motioning to empty swaths of land behind him at one site." -----
"As long as he and the PRC are incapable of looking past the NIMBY argument and at the real economic impact of this prison debacle, they will never understand the public opposition to them" - Colby Curtis
Via KSL - Rep. Merrill Nelson calls for an audit of the "exorbitant" $1.8 billion that proponents of the move claim will come from fully developing the Draper location
Via the Salt Lake Tribune - Moving the Utah State Prison isn't a done deal - a utahpolicy.com poll shows that 55% of Utahns want the prison to stay in Draper while 36% want it moved
Via the Salt Lake Tribune "Relocation panel leader says ‘‘fables’’ are being spread by opponents; public needs a dose of reality, not a debate, he says."