Posted By:
Ed McCollumFollowing is a paragraph from the editorial page of my hometown newspaper printed two weeks ago. The editor is talking about how the town is half the size it was in 1970 and continues to shrink yearly.
"Just think how much worse those numbers would be if the prison wasn't here. Many northern Missouri towns have lost more than Vandalia has; the prison has been Vandalia's finger in the dike."
Funny thing...it's a womans prison.