We're looking for alternate populations to come in, whether it's federal, state or county prisoners. Other states are looking for bed space and need some place to house prisoners.

State laws may need to be changed to allow prisoners from other states to come in.

The federal government doesn't have the money. The rebuilding money should come from state and local budgets. States should issue bonds for long-term investments for freeways and the like. ... They should look at innovative private financing mechanisms.

If you look in the 1990s, in every one of the 50 states, non-Anglo Hispanic populations grew faster than Anglo populations. It's a very pervasive pattern.

The question I have is what alternative does either the county or the state have? ... Does anybody have a better plan for dealing with the 90,000 acres, given the property has to be sold?

The county is securing a lease from the federal government, and they in turn are leasing it to me for 25 years. It lets us invest privately into something like this when we have the ability to play for a while here.