To: Lee Palmateer, Athens Representative, Kevin Lewis, Greeneville Representative, Patrick S. Linger, New Baltimore Representative, Larry Gardner, Halcott, Lexington, Hunter Rep., Harry A. Lennon, Cairo Representative, William B. Lawrence, C...

Urgent! Tell them to vote on shared jail!

Please vote YES on moving forward with a feasibility study to share a jail with Columbia County. This $30,000 study can save taxpayers the exorbitant cost of constructing a new $52 MILLION jail.

Why is this important?

This coming Monday night (March 12th), the Public Safety Committee of the Greene County Legislative body will vote whether to forward this $30,000 feasibility study to a full legislative vote or have it die on Monday night. Abandoning this feasibility study would be irresponsible, especially when NY state has explained to county leaders that much of this money will be reimbursed by the state. We cannot allow our county to burden us with a $52 million dollar jail that is not needed. The state and Columbia County would like us to share a jail and save our taxpayers from near bankruptcy. Let's move this forward and stop the frivolous waste of our money.