February 1, 2010
Sides Meet, Talk Prisons in Stockton
In remarks at a public forum Saturday morning about prison facilities planned for Stockton, County Supervisor Steve Bestolarides noted that, in a deviation from historical precedent, the city and the county were on the same side of a lawsuit.
"I've brought the community together," joked J. Clark Kelso, the prison health care receiver whose efforts to bring a facility to Stockton have been criticized by local business and political leaders for a lack of transparency and local outreach.
The forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, started early Saturday morning in a banquet room at Valley Brew, a brewpub off the Miracle Mile. Bestolarides, Mayor Ann Johnston and Chamber of Commerce CEO Douglass Wilhoit were there to represent local interests. Kelso, former state Sen. Mike Machado, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Chief of Staff Brett Morgan were there to make the case for the facilities…
LINK - Recordnet.com
