Quote Originally Posted by bailey View Post
Well, to jackie's point though, Gilbert wants to buy the whole complex which isn't for sale. It's not JUST getting rid of the fail jail.... if Gilbert's offer were to be accepted, that means relocating Frank Murphy, the current holding facility, the juvenile courts AND fail jail up to Mound, which would basically require an entire new build. That doesn't solve the problem as it isn't "cutting any losses".
This article from yesterday says Gilbert offered $20 million for just the Fail Jail site: http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...unty/23091463/

His original offer was $50 million for everything. While I think it would be good for the city to have the existing jails removed and the criminal courts re-located somewhere else downtown while Gilbert builds "North Greektown" or whatever, I certainly understand why that didn't work for Wayne County.

But $20 million to take a liability off their hands and put it back on the tax rolls seems like a no-brainer. They aren't going to finish the Fail Jail, so the site may as well be redeveloped into something else.