Where I am especially sensitive is the Old Fort Madison State Penitentary should stay a Penitentary, not be a Museum. Not be a Fear Cam Show where that would scare the Cable and Satellite Paying Public to death in the Opening Trailer. And, not be a Movie Set, thank you very much.
My personal feelings, as a taxpaying Iowan who believes in his law and order, is I know we need our education back, but, I'd much rather have Traditional Museums, Schools and Parks. And, with too many infamous or notorious felons living in the Old Fort Madison, I feel that having a museum society just on that topic is inappropriate.
Actually, I'd feel Fort Madison's Corrections Role in this State and Country and World should be expanded, not contracted or collapsed. I think the challenges in the state giving up money to keep a preservation society would be prohibitive and I feel that keeping the historic stones without having it to decay or rot would be prohibitive.
And, rebuilding Old State would not be a cheap or timely process. Like it or not, our state is judged by our Southern Star, not our Northern Stars like the Hockey Club. The timeliness of such a demolition would be a Works Progress Adminstration Project like having Knoxville Football replace and demolish their Preexisting Stadium, which is older than Kingston or 1951 Valley Tiger, which is not in commission and demolished.
Such a public project would have to have a rare unilateral approval from our State and Federal Government, which is something we don't have at this time. And, what we don't have is a guard on the checkbooks of our state and federal leadership, the absolute opposite of a rim shot of a press conference, as in the decorum of a middle of the hot 1970s Summer Night Breaking News Press Conference, only in HD3DDigital, not 8 MM Film and Microwave Trucks.
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