Pepper to tackle jail issue
Cliff Peale reporting:
David Pepper will spend today thanking campaign supporters and volunteers, but the new Hamilton County commissioner says it won't be long before the county once again tackles financing for a new jail.
Pepper beat incumbent commissioner Phil Heimlich by about 14,300 votes. Voters rejected a sales-tax increase to pay for jail construction, 57 percent to 42 percent.
Pepper said he'll start talking to fellow commissioners and law-enforcement officials about the jail. He doesn't foresee an immediate proposal after he takes office in January, but called it "an issue for the here and now."
Tuesday's jail vote "reflects real skepticism with the approach. It was so political. It was an election year ... A lot of people just didn't trust it."
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