In anticipation of the 2018 elections, a conference committee voted to approve a bond funding for the construction and operations of a new prison facility at Grand Lake's, Monkey Island. The Shangri La Resort facility will be retrofitted for use as a special needs correctional facility to house those who cannot be housed in general population with other prison inmates. The judiciary chairmen of both houses concluded that certain cultural needs exist for those who served in the cloistered life of elective office. Their needs include being continually addressed by such titles as "The Honorable", "Judge", "Mr. Mayor", and "Commissioner". "The demise of the late great Gene Stipe is a tragedy that we must not ignore"; said a senior statesman who did not wish to be named. "Stipe served for 45 years as a distinguished senator. But he did not survive 3 months in a common prison. It is cruel and unusual punishment to repeat this mistreatment. We watched as Stipe was hauled off to a mental institution. He suffered a horrible death by being subjected to such indignities." |
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