STATE LOOKS ELSEWHERE FOR NEXT PRISON : CALIFORNIA CITY LOSES BIDDING FOR PRIVATE CORRECTIONS CENTER.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Dashing dash·ing adj. 1. Audacious and gallant; spirited. 2. Marked by showy elegance; splendid: a dashing coat. See Synonyms at fashionable. civic leaders' hopes for creating jobs, a bid to build a privately operated prison here finished well out of the running, and plans for a state prison are on hold indefinitely in·def·i·nite adj. Not definite, especially: a. Unclear; vague. b. Lacking precise limits: an indefinite leave of absence. c. , state officials said Monday. A bid by Houston-based Cornell Corrections to build a 500-bed correctional facility - employing 100 to 120 workers - placed 13th out of 16 proposals submitted to the state Corrections Department. The firm had hoped to win at least one of the two available contracts, but they went instead to projects in McFarland and Adelanto. ``I'm disappointed we didn't get it,'' Mayor Richard Hall said Monday. ``We will try to find out the criteria they used and see how we can be more competitive in the future.'' With hopes for the private corrections facility dashed dash 1 v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es v.tr. 1. To break or smash by striking violently. 2. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence. 3. , California City officials now have to turn their attention to prospects for a state prison. California City civic leaders say a prison could mean as many as 800 jobs for the city of 9,000 people, which is primarily a bedroom community for Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . State Corrections officials do want a prison in California City, but bills to provide funding for prison construction have died in the past two years. The last efforts at funding prison construction ran into opposition from state Senate President Pro-Tem Bill Lockyer William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is the current State Treasurer of California. Prior to this, he served as California's Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice for the U.S. state of California. , D-Hayward, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee The U.S. Senate established the Committee on the Judiciary on December 10, 1816, as one of the original 11 standing committees. It is also one of the most powerful committees in Congress; among its wide range of jurisdictions is investigation of federal judicial nominees and oversight of . Lockyer wants the state to explore less expensive alternatives to prison construction. ``There has to be a reduction in prison costs before he would support funding for prison construction,'' said Lockyer spokesman Sandy Harrison. Hall said he sent a letter to Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that on July 29 asking him to reach a compromise with Lockyer so a prison could be built. State Corrections officials estimate the California prison population will increase from approximately 125,000 inmates now to more than 232,770 in the next 20 years. Corrections officials say 15 to 20 prisons will be needed to meet the demand. |
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