Phil Dirkx

Paso Robles City Councilmember Fred Strong sent an email to several people last Saturday about the vacant youth prison in Paso Robles. He suggested the state sell it to the city for $1.

This year, Paso Robles, my hometown, was supposed to get a new, 1,000-bed prison. What we have now is a vacant youth prison. About a year ago, state prison officials said they were going to transform that empty youth prison into an adult prison. But now they’ve changed their minds.

People who sell stuff to me have got my number, and that number is two.