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County commissioner candidates clash over jail plan, housing and county trust at League forum
Summary
At a League of Women Voters forum, Monroe County commissioner candidates Trent Decker and David Henry debated jail-siting and civil-rights compliance, affordable housing strategies, ICE cooperation and how to rebuild resident confidence in county government ahead of the May 5 primary.
Trent Decker and David Henry, Democratic candidates for Monroe County commissioner, debated priorities at a League of Women Voters forum in Bloomington, focusing on a stalled jail project, affordable housing, county transparency and public safety.
David Henry, a county councilor and former local election-board president, criticized prior plans for a large justice center that he said ballooned from an initial estimate to roughly $257,000,000 and told the audience he helped move the project away from an oversized North Park proposal. "In between November 2024 and February 2025, the price got up to $257,000,000 with no…
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