AFP says why it opposes Issue 27

Americans for Prosperity, which has opposed Issue 27--the sales tax increase to fund a new jail and public safety programs-- released this report listing some of its reasoning. The report primarily deals with the amount it will cost to build the new jail. The group compares those figures to what other communities spent on jails and jail expansions and found it to be much higher. (Officials in Hamilton and Butler County say inflation, especially on the cost of steel, makes it much more expensive to build a jail today versus 2002, when Butler County's opened)

The group also said changes should be made in the justice system.

Read the report here
Read the accompanying chart here