Move the jail or renovate the stadium? According to a new University of North Florida poll, Jacksonville residents say they’d rather move the jail.
Fifty-three percent of Jacksonville residents recently polled by UNF said they support spending $380 million to relocate the downtown jail and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office headquarters.
“I think it makes sense when you think about the type of expenditure that we’re talking about,” said Eva Matthews, Research Coordinator at the UNF Public Opinion Research Lab. “The city owns the stadium, but it is used almost exclusively by a private entity, the Jaguars, and I think that maybe people look at that type of spending a little bit different than something like building a new jail.
Even though more Jacksonville residents support spending hundreds of millions of dollars to move the jail from downtown compared to those who support spending hundreds of millions of dollars for a new Jags stadium, negotiations for the stadium deal are already underway.
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