So what's Plan B?

I'm camping out at the county commissioners' conference room hoping that the next brilliant plan for dealing with our local justice center deficiencies will come out of today's meeting. I don't want to miss anything.

Another thing I'd like to see at this meeting is the public. So many Bulletin readers obviously put a lot of thought into whether or not to support the proposed 1-percent specific-purpose sales tax that would have paid for a new justice center, judging from the comments coming our way, and some have offered suggestions that deserve consideration and questions that deserve answers.

While I'm waiting for you to show up, I might as well keep you posted on any discussion on the issue that comes up during this meeting.

As of 10 minutes past 10 o'clock, the only people in the room are Commission Chair Gerald Fink and commissioners Delbert Eitel and Smokey Wildeman; County Clerk Linda Barnhart and Treasurer Sharon Wagner; attorney Barry Crago; Commissioners' Assistant Peggy Sillivan; and myself. No one has yet broached the subject of the justice center.