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Regional Justice Center makes county, taxpayers two-time losers

Remember voting in 1996 for the $120 million bond question that was to help pay for the Regional Justice Center, expand the county jail and expand county juvenile facilities? Sixty-nine percent of Clark County voters approved Question 1 in a low-turnout September primary. Almost 20,000 of us voted for it.

Arbitration costs Clark County $76 million, and the meter is running

Clark County’s costs for the Regional Justice Center construction mess actually are higher than that nearly $53 million arbitration award to AF Construction. From what I can see, Clark County spent at least $76 million in its unsuccessful effort to blame the contractor for delays and cost overruns.

Clark County’s vilification a testament to penny wise, pound foolish

The arbitration decision that concluded Clark County bore the bulk of the blame for the construction fiasco known as the Regional Justice Center paints a dismaying picture of short-sighted decisions dogging the project from start to finish with one main goal: How do we do it on the cheap?

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