A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Crystal Lake Police Conduct Tobacco Compliance Checks On November 9th , 2016, Crystal Lake Police Officers conducted the first round of Tobacco Compliance Checks within the City limits. A total of 34 … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Former Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Marijuana and Alcohol into Cook County Jail CHICAGO — A former Cook County Corrections Officer admitted in federal court today that he smuggled marijuana, tobacco … Continue reading
From the Harvard Police Report: UNLAWFUL SALE OF TOBACCO TO A MINOR On 11-28-15 at 0859 hrs, the Harvard Police Department conducted a Tobacco Compliance Check regarding the minimum age requirements for the sale of tobacco to minors on licensed tobacco retailers in … Continue reading
The following comes from the Harvard Police Department: TOBACCO COMPLIANCE On 03-15-15, the Harvard Police Department conducted a tobacco compliance check of local businesses in Harvard. The compliance check resulted in ordinance citations being issued for selling tobacco products to a minor … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Crystal Lake Police Conduct Tobacco Compliance Checks On February 17th, 2015 Crystal Lake Police Officers conducted its second round of Tobacco Compliance Checks within the City limits. A total of 35 … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Crystal Lake Police Conduct Second Round of Tobacco Compliance Checks On March 6th Tobacco Compliance Checks within the City limits. A total of 36 businesses within the City that hold valid licenses to … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: 1st Round of the Tobacco Compliance Checks 2012/2013 On November 29, 2012 Crystal Lake Police Officers conducted the first round of Tobacco Compliance Checks within the City limits. A total of … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Officeabout cigarette bootlegging offenses before the tax is increase another $1 a pack: U.S. INDICTS 10 DEFENDANTS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKING MILLIONS OF UNSTAMPED, UNTAXED CIGARETTES IN UNDERCOVER STING CHICAGO — At an … Continue reading
An email from Mike Tryon about the next-to-the-last week in Springfield: Key legislation was debated and voted on last week in the General Assembly. Here is an update of some of the more noteworthy items: Bill to Curb use of … Continue reading
Public service announcements don’t bring in any revenue to help pay for the four $16,000 monuments, but they would establish that ads could be purchased. = = = = = Photoshopping by one Heck of a Guy blogster Allan Showalter. … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Police found Jewel, CVS, Shell and Oak Street Food & Liquor selling cigarettes to minors, according to the press release below: Crystal Lake Police Conduct Tobacco Sales Compliance Check On October 14, 2010 Crystal Lake Police Department conducted … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
I don’t smoke. Never have. But hiking cigarette taxes a buck a pack strikes me as discrimination against a minority portion of the electorate. Even if it is phased in over two years. How will Illinois rank with other states … Continue reading
With the Smoke Police everywhere, cigarette smokers are moving more and more to the privacy of their cars. Here’s one I saw today waiting to get onto Algonquin Road after filling his gas tank. … Continue reading
With no indoor place left to smoke in Illinois, ever wonder where people smoke. Coming home from the McHenry County Courthouse, I saw this person with hand extended waiting at a stop light. He or she was obviously taking advantage … Continue reading
The title used to be my wish fulfillment. When I was 14, my sister, about 12, asked our mother if she could have a puff of her cigarette. “Sure,” Mom said. I tried it, too, and started coughing. That was … Continue reading
The title used to be my wish fulfillment. When I was 14, my sister, about 12, asked our mother if she could have a puff of her cigarette. “Sure,” Mom said. I tried it, too, and started coughing. That was … Continue reading
On the wish list of DuPage County Republicans is the authority to level a $2 per pack cigarette tax. They want to be just like Cook County. The way the bill is written, the McHenry County Board (of Cat Tax … Continue reading
