Montana town wants its empty jail to be new Gitmo

[Liberal_in_LA]

Montana town wants its empty jail to be new Gitmo

By MATTHEW BROWN

President Barack Obama has 240 terror suspects he has said will be moved out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year. The city of Hardin has a brand-new empty jail.

A match made in heaven? Hardin officials think so; Montana's congressional delegation thinks not.

The development authority in Hardin, a city of 3,400 people bordering the Crow Indian Reservation, built the $27 million, 460-bed jail two years ago and has been looking for tenants ever since. Its construction loans are in default.

The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday in favor of a resolution supporting a proposal to house terror suspects currently detained at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay while they await trial.

"Somebody has to stand up and put (the Guantanamo prisoners) in their backyards. It's our patriotic duty," said Greg Smith, director of the city's Two Rivers Authority.

"Not on my watch," U.S. Sen. Max Baucus said.

http://townhall.com/news/us/2009/04/23/montana_town_wants_its_empty_jail_to_be_new_gitmo

[ohheckyeah]

1. It's our patriotic duty????

Like he doesn't need the money from what the Fed. gov. would pay.

[Thrill]

2. Shut up Baucus.