How much work did that really require out of the mayor’s office?
We had some grant money, and the city contributed its part. A lot of times there are these inter-local agreements that have to be negotiated between supervisors and state agencies like the DA’s office and the municipal government, and everybody has to agree to give up something in order to get a long-term benefit. I remember when we were negotiating that, trying to get the city to commit some of their funds to help us with that. They had some genuine, legitimate concerns at the time, but all I had to do was remind them that the city of Jackson provided 90 percent of the cases we did. Ninety percent of the people being held in the detention center were City of Jackson residents who were under arrest, so they had a viable interest in making sure that people moved through the system quickly, that it would help to make the law enforcement agency work a little more effectively. Did city government come around fairly quickly to the proposal? Just like everything else, they were open to it. T
