Ficano rejects all 5 offers. He wants to keep the jail

[Gistok]

When I heard about having someone else build, own and lease that jail to the county... the first thing that came to mind was the Old County Building....

Back when Bill Lucas was County Exec, his team came up with the brilliant plan to sell the building, have the company that bought it fix it up, and lease it back to the county.... great idea!! Except the county paid over $100 million in over 20 years to lease the building back, when they could have leased elsewhere for less. Does anyone else feel Deja Vu??

[subsidized]

When I heard about having someone else build, own and lease that jail to the county... the first thing that came to mind was the Old County Building....

Back when Bill Lucas was County Exec, his team came up with the brilliant plan to sell the building, have the company that bought it fix it up, and lease it back to the county.... great idea!! Except the county paid over $100 million in over 20 years to lease the building back, when they could have leased elsewhere for less. Does anyone else feel Deja Vu??

Not trying to sway too far off topic but whatever happened with the county being on the hook for some $5 million for leaving furniture and files at the Old County Building? I seem to remember Ficano throwing around the idea of buying it back from the current owners or something.

[Honky Tonk]

When I heard about having someone else build, own and lease that jail to the county... the first thing that came to mind was the Old County Building....

Back when Bill Lucas was County Exec, his team came up with the brilliant plan to sell the building, have the company that bought it fix it up, and lease it back to the county.... great idea!! Except the county paid over $100 million in over 20 years to lease the building back, when they could have leased elsewhere for less. Does anyone else feel Deja Vu??

It's like Deja Vu all over again.