Eau Claire's Alcatraz

The city of Eau Claire has promoted, financed and built a beautiful riverside bike trail that has been augmented by the purchase of a railroad bridge, a funeral parlor and extensive easements to ensure its success. The city also has implemented development at the confluence of our two great rivers in Phoenix Park and the North Barstow area at great expense and with increasingly positive vision. It appears that a concentration of attention on the city center and riverfront with development and improvement may pay dividends in the future. So how could Eau Claire County be allowed to expand a jail to the very verge of the pearl of the city? Do the inmates need a view of Phoenix Park and a revitalized downtown? Is the jail to be part of the centerpiece of the riverfront? I can't wait to sit on the lawn in Phoenix Park, listen to some jailhouse blues and view the razor wire across the sky-blue waters. San Francisco has Alcatraz and we'll have the Eau Claire County Jail. Rock on! WILLI CHENEY Eau Claire