The business meeting with our Douglas County Commissioners last night was very informative with an overload of good will, but the tension in the air somehow reminds me of the story about Solomon and the two women claiming the baby was theirs.  Everyone knows the rest of the story and it seems only fitting now that someone should have the wisdom to declare that we cut this Justice Center Tax Fund in half.  
I would like to provide a different perspective on what I heard last night.
First, I would like to thank the woman who burned down the original Justice Center providing the inspiration to replace it with something much better.
Second, I would like to thank the retailers for their commercial success to pay for the lavish Sheriff facilities we have today.
Third, I would like to thank the voters who in 1995 reacted to fix a broken Justice Center, but I wouldn't accredit them as visionaries.  They passed a sales tax they thought to be sufficient.
But now we have a new fire in town, I-25.