Disaster in Rachel, NV, page 1

Rachel Prison Plans

There is a 2,000 inmate prison planned to be built in Rachel, NV.

Rachel is the small 65 person town about 15 miles away from Groom Lake Road and only a mile or two away from the Area 51 guard gate.

(Solicitation removed)

A prison full of rapists, child molesters and murderers is something that will essentially kill most tourism Rachel receives.

from the site...

With a 2000 bed prison, all that will be gone! The Rachel valley will change forever! Forget about the quiet, friendly place Rachel is today. Forget about sky-watching at night. Forget about camping in the area and feeling safe at night. Visitors of the prisoners will crowd the roads, floodlights will illuminate the entire valley and the desert environment will be destroyed


Mod edit: Solicitation removed. Please see section 1e of the terms & conditions. -- Majic


[edit on 8/31/2008 by Majic]

reply to post by sensfan

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There is about 2 hours in any direction they can put that prison where it wont affect a town.( cept for Alamo) Why ruin such a historical little town.

reply to post by mtmouse32

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Id rather they did that, then the proposal. hopefully we can still fight to shoot this down.

reply to post by mtmouse32

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Thats pretty damn funny


Yeah, I hear ya OP that will screw up the night sky to the max.

Good luck getting the thing built elsewhere.

Thinking about it ...I bet the powers that be wanted this done so as to upset looky loos.

reply to post by yankeerose

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Well im gonna try and help not let this happen to rachel. i love that town. its the only place i camp at.

reply to post by yankeerose

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Worse yet, this is a private prison. You may recall GHW Bush put the drug laws on steroids (so to speak) and invested in CCA.

cca

In a normal country, this project would be easy to stop. However, we're talking Lincoln County.

reply to post by gariac

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gariac, will you be attending sept 6th's meeting? not sure if you were from the area or vegas or not.

reply to post by Researcher

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Sir, it doesn't matter if only one crime in human history has happened because of a prison in a town. Its about the presence of one. That's enough to ruin tourism there. They rely 100% on campers and area 51 tourists. The a le inn is a motel/rv /campground. The prison, being 4 miles away from that, will drastically kill tourism. Some guy already bought the towns gas station and shut it down, now this.....

Besides, theres miles of empty space away from this small quaint town... why only 4 miles away?

Originally posted by bknapple32
reply to post by Researcher

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Sir, it doesn't matter if only one crime in human history has happened because of a prison in a town. Its about the presence of one. That's enough to ruin tourism there. They rely 100% on campers and area 51 tourists. The a le inn is a motel/rv /campground. The prison, being 4 miles away from that, will drastically kill tourism. Some guy already bought the towns gas station and shut it down, now this.....

Besides, theres miles of empty space away from this small quaint town... why only 4 miles away?

From what I understand, this is why:
lincolnestates.com...

This guy (James Toreson) bought a big parcel of land, with plans to develop. Including a solar energy farm. Sounds like it didn't pan out, now he is trying to dump it.

reply to post by FosterVS

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Heard about him, is he the same guy who bought , and then shut down the only gas station in rachel?

reply to post by FosterVS

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Glenn Campbell's blog has some good analysis on this project:
Glenn Campbell's blog

reply to post by Researcher

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You are comparing secure government run prisons to these flimsy private "for profit" prisons. Apples and oranges.

You are considerably safer living next to San Quentin than your average halfway house.

hmmmm

How ironic.

Prison's Closing Economic Bust for Town

realcostofprisons.org...

It has been just a month since the prison emptied out, but its loss has taken a toll on new business ventures in Lake County. Without an anchor in the area, a number of projects and renovations have been put on hold, including a new hotel and a manufactured housing community,

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