[Peace-discuss] Urbana City Council Passes Marijuana Ordinance 7-0

[John W.]

I'm fascinated that the vote was 7-0.  Isn't Tim Johnson's daughter on the
Urbana City Council any more?


On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Monday night, October 6, 2008, Urbana City Council passed an ordinance
> giving police officers the discretion to hand out $200 tickets for
> first-time offenders caught with less than 10 grams of marijuana (30 grams
> is an ounce - and a felony).
>
> Such an ordinance is already on the books in Champaign.
>
> A sticking point in the new policy was whether discretion would be mandated
> in attempt to prevent racial preferences.
> The worry is that, for example, students "with a future" would get a ticket
> for possession, while local black youth presumably "going nowhere" would go
> to jail.
> No such written policy was put on paper.
>
> Urbana City Council members Brandon Bowersox and David Gehrig said they
> would track statistics in the coming year to see if the ordinance is being
> fairly applied.
>
> BD
>
> --
> Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
> 303 W. Locust St.
> Urbana, IL 61801
> briandolinar at gmail.com
>
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