Voters to decide on funding new city jail on April 8

Voters to decide on funding new city jail on April 8

By Don Bradley Kansas City voters first approved a quarter-cent sales tax for public safety in 2002 with the money earmarked for equipment and capital improvements for the police and fire departments. When it came time to renew the tax in 2010, it passed easily with 70 percent approval. Now, it’s time again. Only this year, the ballot issue, which would extend the tax another 20 years, is being referred to around town as “the jail vote.” That’s …