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

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Why does that surprise you? 
She is more the libertarian sort of republican than the neoconservative 
kind.

John W. wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto:briandolinar at gmail.com>
>
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