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

[Stuart Levy]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:50:09AM -0700, Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> Why do you say that, Wayne?
> 
>  Ricky

I could believe this of Heather Stevenson.  During the fooferaw
about "we support free speech on UPTV except...", she felt strongly
that she didn't want the government determining what she or her kids could
watch on television.  It certainly sounded like a libertarian line to me.

She didn't say this during the public meeting.   I'd gone up after it ended,
to cheer on Dennis Roberts who had spoken publicly in support of
openness, and Heather chimed in.  It surprised me but I was glad to hear it.
 
> "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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