LINCOLN- Taylor and Corey Vasey, both Lincoln Public School teachers, bought their dream home two years ago in a rural area on the northeast edge of Lincoln. For the past two years, the Vaseys told the Lincoln City Council, they've been renovating and making improvements to what they believe could be their forever home.

However, in August, a friend of the Vaseys showed them a map that state and city officials had agreed upon for a new prison, and their driveway was shown on the map. "Everything we've sacrificed, saved, and worked hard to accomplish is now devastated by this location," Taylor Vasey told the Lincoln City Council, "Our view from our bedroom windows will no longer be open land and sky."

On Monday, the Vaseys asked the City Council to reconsider a land-swap agreement made with the state to build a prison just east of the city's landfill. The City Council held the hearing over five proposals that still must be approved for the swap to occur. These include zoning, annexation, and other administrative changes, all of which were unanimously approved by the Lancaster County Planning Commission. Finally, Council members must also approve the land-swap with the state.

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