A Globe citizens group has launched two initiatives for the March 2012 ballot. The first initiative requires voter approval for any new prison constructed within Globe’s City Limits. The other initiative requires voter approval for any municipal resource to be spent or used for any new prison construction project.
The Citizens of Globe group says they have launched the two ballot initiatives because local elected officials have refused to pass a Resolution that would prohibit a 1,000 to 2,000 bed proposed private prison from being constructed in the Globe community.
More than 2,500 area residents have signed a Declaration of Opposition to such a prison.
The group must gather 582 signatures to place the initiatives on the ballot for the next regular election.
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