CSP II Funding Fight
By CHARLES ASHBY
CHIEFTAIN DENVER BUREAU
DENVER - The Legislature's Capital Development Committee didn't flinch Tuesday in its game of chicken with the powerful Joint Budget Committee.
Immediately after the two six-member panels met to discuss what to do about the $38.6 million the Colorado Department of Corrections needs to open bids on a new penitentiary in Canon City, the CDC voted to stay the course on its plan to pressure the JBC to come up with additional funds.
Last week, the CDC approved its annual priority list of capital construction projects for the next year.
That list included the additional money that DOC needs to build the planned 980-bed Colorado State Penitentiary II project, which was delayed four years because of a lawsuit over the way the Legislature wanted to fund the project.
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