[Peace-discuss] Re: [UCIMC-print] Re: [Discuss] Urbana City Council Passes Marijuana Ordinance 7-0

[Marti Wilkinson]

What is the right policy concerning a controlled substance?  Right or wrong
pot is illegal and as long as we have laws that criminalize the use of drugs
no ordinance is going to erase that.

Is this policy about having the right to hit the bong pipe without
consequences or is it about making sure that the law isn't enforced in such
a way as to marginalize individuals?

As a resident of Champaign I find it tiresome to hear that the community I
live in is somehow more racist than Urbana. It's an unfair comparison and
only feeds the cultural schisms that exist between the twin cities.



On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Tommy Griscom <rgriscom at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brandon Bowersox did express interest in looking at statistics and
> monitoring the results of the ordinance, so he might be open to outside
> commentary....
>
> I know Chris Evans and I will be interviewing Chief Bily sometime in the
> near future about videotaping police, so maybe we can throw in some
> questions about this, as well....
>
> -t
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com>wrote:
>
>> Very disappointing.  It should be for all offenses, not just first time -
>> or at least the first 3 times.  It should be for 30 grams or less (a
>> personal bag or less).  And it should NOT include discretion!
>>
>> This is one of those painful moments of not being on council to fight for
>> the right thing.
>>
>> It is up to the COMMUNITY to fight for the right policies and not just a
>> watered down one that Champaign already has.  Now we will have to play cat
>> and mouse with the police department where they play with the statistics, if
>> they provide them at all.  Sigh.
>>
>> - Danielle
>>
>> 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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