Cameron Hubbard was appointed to replace Carolyn Schofield when Schofield moved on to the McHenry County Board.
Now, at one of his first meetings, the newcomer will be faced with a vote to de-criminalize marijuana.
The agenda item is way down at the bottom, item number 20 out of 24.
Linder’s staff looked at other communities and found the following:
The amount of pot that Downers Grove, the town from whence Lindner’s replacement, Deputy Chief James R. Black now serves, allows 30 grams to be treated as a ticket offense, rather than a criminal offense. Chicago’s figure is 10 grams.
The minimum fine under the proposed Crystal Lake ordinance would be $500.
If there were a number of tickets issued in 2013 similar to the arrests in 2011, the city would get $25,000 in new revenue.
If the minimum is $500, what is the max? Sounds like a money maker to me. Would the City now allow pot parties in private homes?
The city would get $25,000 in new revenue and sell its soul in the process.
Maximum was $1,000.