[Peace-discuss] Urbana's WQ seeking ethnic cleansing and more
power over property owners.
Jenifer Cartwright
jencart13 at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 12 18:27:35 CST 2008
It goes w/o saying that bad laws should be repealed and false charges should be fought! But surely y're not suggesting e g opposing speed limits because a racist cop threw MLK in jail for "speeding?"
--Jenifer
--- On Wed, 11/12/08, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:
From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Urbana's WQ seeking ethnic cleansing and more power over property owners.
To: jencart13 at yahoo.com
Cc: "'E. Wayne Johnson'" <ewj at pigs.ag>, "'Peace-discuss'" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, ronpaul-305 at meetup.com, "LAURIE SOLOMON" <LAURIE at ADVANCENET.NET>
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:18 PM
Civil rights demonstrators as well as anti-war demonstrators have frequently
been arrested on charges of "mob action."
An anti-war anti-racist effort should surely oppose this bit of PC repression.
--CGE
Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> Whoa, Guys, news flash: ALL economic classes and ALL ethnic groups
appreciate
> living in quiet safe neighborhoods that are free from "nuisance
activities,
> among them mob action, assault, battery, unlawful use of weapons,
> prostitution, sexual assault, public indecency, illegal gambling, arson
and
> drug-related crimes." I can't believe you think that ANYONE --
regardless of
> race or economic status -- wants to- or should be expected to put up w/
these
> things!! How can you possibly conclude that this is something wanted
by/meant
> for "rich white folks," implying that "poor black
folks" -- or ANY folks --
> don't care one way or another about these things!?? Wow, this seems
like a
> snobbish -- and racist -- reaction to me!! --Jenifer
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 11/12/08, LAURIE SOLOMON /<LAURIE at ADVANCENET.NET>/*
wrote:
>
> From: LAURIE SOLOMON <LAURIE at ADVANCENET.NET> Subject: RE:
[Peace-discuss]
> Urbana's WQ seeking ethnic cleansing and more power over property
owners. To:
> "'E. Wayne Johnson'" <ewj at pigs.ag>,
"'Peace-discuss'" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>,
ronpaul-305 at meetup..com Date: Wednesday,
> November 12, 2008, 11:31 AM
>
> Ø Property "owners" should take note that all of their
property is lent to
> them by the kind permission of the Queen
>
>
>
> And the Queen is being lent to you by permission of the good voters of
> Urbana. J
>
>
>
> *From:* peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net
[mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] *On Behalf Of *E. Wayne
> Johnson *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:20 AM *To:* Peace-discuss;
> ronpaul-305 at meetup.com *Subject:* [Peace-discuss] Urbana's WQ seeking
ethnic
> cleansing and more power over property owners.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> Urbana considering ordinance for repeat nuisance offenders
>
>
> By Mike Monson
>
>
> 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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