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

[Ricky Baldwin]

Why do you say that, Wayne?

 Ricky


"Only those who do nothing make no mistakes." - Peter Kropotkin



----- Original Message ----
From: E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag>
To: John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
Cc: Courtwatch Discuss <discuss at communitycourtwatch.org>; Peace-discuss List <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>; Public i <print at ucimc.org>; Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 7:55:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Urbana City Council Passes Marijuana Ordinance 7-0

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> 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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