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Thirty-seven cigarette sellers in Crystal Lake passed the test, but two prominent ones didn’t.

Jewel-Osco and the gift shop in the Holiday Inn did a “no-no.” They sold to underage volunteers sent in by the Crystal Lake Police Department to test compliance with state law.

The two clerks will not go to criminal court. Instead they will be called in front of Crystal Lake’s administrative court, a device to keep court costs and fines that would otherwise go to county government within city coffers.

The police department’s press release follows:

Crystal Lake Police Conduct Tobacco Sales Compliance Check
On May 25, 2010, the Crystal Lake Police Department conducted
final round in a series of tobacco sales compliance checks. Of the 39 establishments licensed to sell tobacco products in the city, only two businesses failed the compliance check by selling tobacco to the underage volunteer. Arrested were:

• Irena Spanier, 56, 421 Silverstone Drive, Carpentersville, IL, was charged with Unlawful Sale of Tobacco Products to a Person Under the Age of 18, after she sold cigarettes to a volunteer at the Embassy Gifts (Holiday Inn), 800 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake.
• Robin Walters, 18, 1491 Blue Heron Drive, Crystal Lake, IL, was charged with Unlawful Sale of Tobacco Products to a Person Under the Age of 18, after she sold cigarettes to a volunteer at the Jewel Osco, 6140 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, IL.

Both are scheduled to appear before the City of Crystal Lake Administrative Law Judge for a hearing on July 9, 2010.

Yesterday McHenry County Blog presented the comments made on Illinois Review under the article

Comments (duplicative comments have been eliminated)

There is something wrong when a municipality will not guarantee the right of peaceful assembly on private property and indeed suppressses that right by demanding an outrageous bond…

WHILE NOT DEMANDING A BOND FROM THOSE ORGANIATIONS GATHERED TO PROTEST ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

If the same logic prevailed, Planned Infanticide would have to pay a the cost of police protection when a vigil was held outside.

Posted by: pete speer | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 04:03 PM

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pete:

Everybody has the right to peaceful assembly on private property so long as the property owner consents. It’s not the government’s place to get involved in these issues.

Posted by: Hascat | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 06:10 PM

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Hascat,

The private property owner’s consent function was badly warped by the Police demand that it put up the cost of police protection.

Ya think that they would lay that same requirement on Planned Foetuscide?

Of course not, but then the police pre-judged that the Prayer vigil would be non-violent.

By that standard, the anti-abortion people should have indicated that they might be violent. Would that have done it?

Posted by: pete speer | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 09:13 AM

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The same type of public officials that require local police- State Cops not to report illegal aliens are also the type that select certain causes to defend while requiring upfront money to “protect” others.

The bigotry and intolerance of the extreme left is thus further reinforced by these public governments and agencies.

This is a nationwide occurrence and will not stop until conservative groups threaten political pressure and lawsuits.

Posted by: Frank Goudy | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11:02 AM

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Deportation under way in crackdown on illegal immigrant

By TIM HOOVER, The Star’s Jefferson City correspondent

JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Highway Patrol’s new policy of checking the immigration status of people who are arrested has resulted in the patrol’s first catch, officials said Thursday.

Jose Guadalupe Delacruz, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested Tuesday by Camden County sheriff’s officials in connection with an alleged assault, the patrol said. The sheriff’s office then contacted the Highway Patrol.

Troopers checked the man’s identity against a federal database and found he was not in the country lawfully, officials said.

They also learned there was a Jackson County warrant for the man’s arrest for allegedly driving after his license had been revoked.

Delacruz is in the Camden County jail awaiting deportation, officials said.
Gov. Matt Blunt on Monday ordered the Highway Patrol, Capitol Police and Missouri Water Patrol to begin checking the residency status of everyone who is “presented for incarceration.”

In this case, though, it was local law enforcement officers who made the arrest, said Lt. John Hotz of the Highway Patrol.

Blunt’s directive calls upon the three state law enforcement entities to enter into an agreement with the federal government that would effectively “deputize” the Missouri agencies to enforce immigration laws.

The arrangement will allow Missouri agencies, primarily the 1,100 troopers in the patrol, to check the immigration status of every person they arrest, and in some cases, merely stop. Troopers check a detainee’s immigration status with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Posted by: | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 12:23 PM

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Good news for Missouri citizens.

Won’t happen in Illinois even under a Republican Governor let alone Blago.

Posted by: Frank Goudy | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 12:33 PM

Yesterday McHenry County Blog presented the comments made on Illinois Review under the article

Comments (duplicative comments have been eliminated)

There is something wrong when a municipality will not guarantee the right of peaceful assembly on private property and indeed suppressses that right by demanding an outrageous bond…

WHILE NOT DEMANDING A BOND FROM THOSE ORGANIATIONS GATHERED TO PROTEST ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

If the same logic prevailed, Planned Infanticide would have to pay a the cost of police protection when a vigil was held outside.

Posted by: pete speer | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 04:03 PM

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pete:

Everybody has the right to peaceful assembly on private property so long as the property owner consents. It’s not the government’s place to get involved in these issues.

Posted by: Hascat | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 06:10 PM

= = = = =
Hascat,

The private property owner’s consent function was badly warped by the Police demand that it put up the cost of police protection.

Ya think that they would lay that same requirement on Planned Foetuscide?

Of course not, but then the police pre-judged that the Prayer vigil would be non-violent.

By that standard, the anti-abortion people should have indicated that they might be violent. Would that have done it?

Posted by: pete speer | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 09:13 AM

= = = = =
The same type of public officials that require local police- State Cops not to report illegal aliens are also the type that select certain causes to defend while requiring upfront money to “protect” others.

The bigotry and intolerance of the extreme left is thus further reinforced by these public governments and agencies.

This is a nationwide occurrence and will not stop until conservative groups threaten political pressure and lawsuits.

Posted by: Frank Goudy | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11:02 AM

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Deportation under way in crackdown on illegal immigrant

By TIM HOOVER, The Star’s Jefferson City correspondent

JEFFERSON CITY | The Missouri Highway Patrol’s new policy of checking the immigration status of people who are arrested has resulted in the patrol’s first catch, officials said Thursday.

Jose Guadalupe Delacruz, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested Tuesday by Camden County sheriff’s officials in connection with an alleged assault, the patrol said. The sheriff’s office then contacted the Highway Patrol.

Troopers checked the man’s identity against a federal database and found he was not in the country lawfully, officials said.

They also learned there was a Jackson County warrant for the man’s arrest for allegedly driving after his license had been revoked.

Delacruz is in the Camden County jail awaiting deportation, officials said.
Gov. Matt Blunt on Monday ordered the Highway Patrol, Capitol Police and Missouri Water Patrol to begin checking the residency status of everyone who is “presented for incarceration.”

In this case, though, it was local law enforcement officers who made the arrest, said Lt. John Hotz of the Highway Patrol.

Blunt’s directive calls upon the three state law enforcement entities to enter into an agreement with the federal government that would effectively “deputize” the Missouri agencies to enforce immigration laws.

The arrangement will allow Missouri agencies, primarily the 1,100 troopers in the patrol, to check the immigration status of every person they arrest, and in some cases, merely stop. Troopers check a detainee’s immigration status with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Posted by: | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 12:23 PM

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Good news for Missouri citizens.

Won’t happen in Illinois even under a Republican Governor let alone Blago.

Posted by: Frank Goudy | Friday, August 31, 2007 at 12:33 PM

For some reason the folks over at Illinois Review are more active commenters than those at McHenry County Blog.

I posted two articles on the cancellation of the Crystal Lake Minuteman meeting and the substitute demonstration and there were comments aplenty. I thought some might find them of interest.

Here are the comments for the article,

“Crystal Lake -
the Town Where You
Can Have Free Speech,
If You Have Enough Money”

Comments

To put the unconstitutional activity of the yahoo government of Crystal Lake into its proper context, we need only think back to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Back then when the Rev. Martin Luther King was threatening to demonstrate for open housing in Chicago and Cicero, Democrat Mayor Richard J. Daley threatened him with arrest, because white segregationists may have become unruly in their counter demonstrations.

The racist government of the Town of Cicero actually arrested Rev. King because his insistence on asserting his constitutional rights was provoking unruly racists to protest him.

The Government of Cicero tried to silence the civil rights demonstration because of the anticipated reaction of racist counter demonstrators.

I ask you. How are the bigots of the illegal alien advocacy cabal any different than the racist bigots who tried to silence Dr. King?

How is the yahoo government of Crystal Lake 2007 any different than the yahoo racist government of Cicero 1967?

Incidentally, where is the ACLU’s protest on behalf of the civil rights of the Minutemen?

Posted by: politwriter | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 11:02 PM

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Next came the op-ed piece from Rosana Pulido, Director of the Illinois Minuteman Project, www.illinoisminutemanproject.com, 773-250-3399.

It was published yesterday, except for this P.S.:

We are still searching for a venue in the Crystal Lake/McHenry County area. Stay tuned, Sheriff Beck will not be silenced. Please contact us if you know of a venue we can rent.

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MAJOR CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE – KOCH FOODS — ILLEGAL ALIEN EMPLOYER IS IN OUR AREA

The Washington Times today reported that ICE raided the Ohio plant of Koch Foods and apprehended more than 160 illegal alien employees.

Koch Foods, a poultry processor, has the headquarters of its International operation at 1300 Higgins Rd., Park Ridge, Illinois.

At their website, www.kochfoods.com, they are lamely claiming that they are now co-operating with federal authorities.

How much did the taxpaying citizens of Ohio have to pay to educate the children of their illegal alien employees? How much did they have to pay for emergency medical care for Koch’s illegal hires?

How many Americans were denied sustainable jobs because the corporate fatcats at Koch

Foods opted to hire cheap, illegal foreign nationals?

The phone number of this criminal enterprise is:
847/384-5940 or
800/837-2778
Koch Foods
1300 Higgins Road
Park Ridge, Illinois

Posted by: politwriter | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 01:56 PM

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If common logic were to rule and the right of assembly on private property were to require a security bond while the protesting organizations on public property were not…

Then The Planned Foetuscide people would have to put up a bond any time there was a prayer vigil.

Posted by: pete speer | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 04:08 PM

Tomorrow, the comments for

For some reason the folks over at Illinois Review are more active commenters than those at McHenry County Blog.

I posted two articles on the cancellation of the Crystal Lake Minuteman meeting and the substitute demonstration and there were comments aplenty. I thought some might find them of interest.

Here are the comments for the article,

“Crystal Lake -
the Town Where You
Can Have Free Speech,
If You Have Enough Money”

Comments

To put the unconstitutional activity of the yahoo government of Crystal Lake into its proper context, we need only think back to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Back then when the Rev. Martin Luther King was threatening to demonstrate for open housing in Chicago and Cicero, Democrat Mayor Richard J. Daley threatened him with arrest, because white segregationists may have become unruly in their counter demonstrations.

The racist government of the Town of Cicero actually arrested Rev. King because his insistence on asserting his constitutional rights was provoking unruly racists to protest him.

The Government of Cicero tried to silence the civil rights demonstration because of the anticipated reaction of racist counter demonstrators.

I ask you. How are the bigots of the illegal alien advocacy cabal any different than the racist bigots who tried to silence Dr. King?

How is the yahoo government of Crystal Lake 2007 any different than the yahoo racist government of Cicero 1967?

Incidentally, where is the ACLU’s protest on behalf of the civil rights of the Minutemen?

Posted by: politwriter | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 11:02 PM

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Next came the op-ed piece from Rosana Pulido, Director of the Illinois Minuteman Project, www.illinoisminutemanproject.com, 773-250-3399.

It was published yesterday, except for this P.S.:

We are still searching for a venue in the Crystal Lake/McHenry County area. Stay tuned, Sheriff Beck will not be silenced. Please contact us if you know of a venue we can rent.

= = = = =
MAJOR CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE – KOCH FOODS — ILLEGAL ALIEN EMPLOYER IS IN OUR AREA

The Washington Times today reported that ICE raided the Ohio plant of Koch Foods and apprehended more than 160 illegal alien employees.

Koch Foods, a poultry processor, has the headquarters of its International operation at 1300 Higgins Rd., Park Ridge, Illinois.

At their website, www.kochfoods.com, they are lamely claiming that they are now co-operating with federal authorities.

How much did the taxpaying citizens of Ohio have to pay to educate the children of their illegal alien employees? How much did they have to pay for emergency medical care for Koch’s illegal hires?

How many Americans were denied sustainable jobs because the corporate fatcats at Koch

Foods opted to hire cheap, illegal foreign nationals?

The phone number of this criminal enterprise is:
847/384-5940 or
800/837-2778
Koch Foods
1300 Higgins Road
Park Ridge, Illinois

Posted by: politwriter | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 01:56 PM

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If common logic were to rule and the right of assembly on private property were to require a security bond while the protesting organizations on public property were not…

Then The Planned Foetuscide people would have to put up a bond any time there was a prayer vigil.

Posted by: pete speer | Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 04:08 PM

Tomorrow, the comments for

First the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn decided that the Illinois Minuteman Project couldn’t hold a private meeting on immigration.

Protesters, you know.

Now the Naperville Holiday Inn has canceled an Americans for Truth banquet out of fear of protest from homosexual activists.

The group’s leader Peter LaBarbera wrote the Holiday Inn “dropped our reservation due to the possibility of a ‘gay’ protest against us.”

“It seems that there is now a sort of politically correct homosexual ‘heckler’s veto’ that’s forcing or persuading businesses to do things to decent people that they wouldn’t normally do.” LaBarbera told OneNewsNow.com reporter Jim Brown.

According to Brown’s article on the AFT web site,

The pro-family group was well into planning a fundraising banquet at that facility for October 6, when the Inn’s General Manager Dennis Igoe cancelled the group’s reservation, citing safety issues for the hotel’s patrons.

Those concerns stemmed from the possibility that homosexual activists would protest the event and resulting negative publicity for the hotel, not from AFT’s planned activities.

Igoe’s actions were upheld by the Holiday Inn corporate offices, leaving AFT to scramble for alternate accommodations.

Now there are two reasons not to patronize Holiday Inns.

The banquet has been re-scheduled for Friday, October 5th.

First the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn decided that the Illinois Minuteman Project couldn’t hold a private meeting on immigration.

Protesters, you know.

Now the Naperville Holiday Inn has canceled an Americans for Truth banquet out of fear of protest from homosexual activists.

The group’s leader Peter LaBarbera wrote the Holiday Inn “dropped our reservation due to the possibility of a ‘gay’ protest against us.”

“It seems that there is now a sort of politically correct homosexual ‘heckler’s veto’ that’s forcing or persuading businesses to do things to decent people that they wouldn’t normally do.” LaBarbera told OneNewsNow.com reporter Jim Brown.

According to Brown’s article on the AFT web site,

The pro-family group was well into planning a fundraising banquet at that facility for October 6, when the Inn’s General Manager Dennis Igoe cancelled the group’s reservation, citing safety issues for the hotel’s patrons.

Those concerns stemmed from the possibility that homosexual activists would protest the event and resulting negative publicity for the hotel, not from AFT’s planned activities.

Igoe’s actions were upheld by the Holiday Inn corporate offices, leaving AFT to scramble for alternate accommodations.

Now there are two reasons not to patronize Holiday Inns.

The banquet has been re-scheduled for Friday, October 5th.

The Northwest Herald is reporting that the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn went to court this afternoon to get a judge to order the Illinois to notify everyone it sold tickets to that the meeting is canceled.

Do the esteemed attorneys for the hotel that fewer people will now patronize think a mailing would reach people by Saturday?

And how is this a surprise to the Holiday Inn?

Surely, the hotel subscribes to the Northwest Herald.

Even if it doesn’t, it’s sold in the hotel.

Didn’t anyone see this front page article on July 16th?

The Northwest Herald is reporting that the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn went to court this afternoon to get a judge to order the Illinois to notify everyone it sold tickets to that the meeting is canceled.

Do the esteemed attorneys for the hotel that fewer people will now patronize think a mailing would reach people by Saturday?

And how is this a surprise to the Holiday Inn?

Surely, the hotel subscribes to the Northwest Herald.

Even if it doesn’t, it’s sold in the hotel.

Didn’t anyone see this front page article on July 16th?