[Peace-discuss] Urbana's WQ seeking ethnic cleansing and more power over property owners.

[John W.]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:19 AM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

 Consider the article below...
>
> I suggest that Prussing just cut directly to the chase and say that she
> wants to create an queendom in Urbana that is exclusively for wealthy white
> folks except that a few others needed for domestic servants are welcome
> provided
> that they meet her standards.  All the riff-raff should be summarily kicked
> out onto the streets.  Property "owners"
> should take note that all of their property is lent to them by the kind
> permission of the Queen, and serious
> consequences shall befall all who respect her not.
>

Aren't you being just a bit extreme here?   I thought you libertarians
absolutely abhorred crime and criminals.  Are you by chance a slumlord,
Wayne?




> Urbana considering ordinance for repeat nuisance offenders By Mike Monson<http://news/reporter/mmonson/> Wednesday
> November 12, 2008
>
> URBANA – The city administration wants broad power to crack down on problem
> properties where criminal activities occur twice or more within a six-month
> period.
>
> City aldermen on Monday discussed a proposed "criminal nuisance property"
> ordinance, but, at the suggestion of City Attorney Ronald O'Neal, postponed
> a final vote until next month.
>
> "I recommend you give this one a really close look," he said. "There will
> be some concern from property owners regarding its use."
>
> Mayor Laurel Prussing said she asked O'Neal to draft the ordinance.
>
> "We try to make sure we can combat problems in every way possible to reduce
> crime and make neighborhoods safer," she said.
>
> The proposed ordinance defines 15 criminal activities as nuisance
> activities, among them mob action, assault, battery, unlawful use of
> weapons, prostitution, sexual assault, public indecency, illegal gambling,
> arson and drug-related crimes.
>
> If "a preponderance of the evidence" indicates that there have been two or
> more instances of nuisance activity within six months, the city could under
> the ordinance seek a fine of between $300 and $750 per day, per incident
> against the property owner, occupant or person in charge.
>
> In hearing such a case, a judge could consider how serious the problem has
> been, the cost to the city in investigating and attempting to resolve it and
> how cooperative the property owner or other person has been, according to
> wording in the proposed ordinance.
>
> O'Neal described the ordinance as "a very rough draft." He said it would
> give police another option when certain properties are generating an
> inordinate number of police calls.
>
> "This ordinance attempts to put some of the onus on property owners," he
> said.
>
> The city attorney said he helped draft a similar ordinance for the city of
> Aurora, where he formerly worked. O'Neal told aldermen that Aurora used its
> ordinance selectively against three or four chronic violators.
>
> "We made property owners aware of this ordinance and let them know there
> were some fairly stiff fines available," he said.
>
> The proposed ordinance would also give Urbana the authority to suspend the
> city rental license for a property for a period of 30 to 180 days.
>
> Asked by Alderman Charlie Smyth what properties in Urbana might be subject
> to such a penalty, O'Neal declined to name names, but said "they involve
> apartment complexes and one or two bars as well."
>
> Alderwoman Heather Stevenson asked about a scenario where a landlord was
> compelled to rent to a felon because of the city's human rights ordinance,
> which prohibits discrimination against someone based on their criminal
> record, and a situation where the felon then begins committing crimes.
>
> "You are not required to keep someone who is perpetrating ongoing criminal
> activity," O'Neal responded. "You have grounds to evict them."
>
> Champaign passed an aggravated-public-nuisances ordinance about a decade
> ago that targets property owners who allow their tenants to commit criminal
> acts, said Champaign City Attorney Fred Stavins.
>
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