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richard
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JR won election because of a controversial call by the incumpatent SA.
An Illini basketball player was indirectly involved in a burglery. The
player "paid restitution", and burglery charges against him were not
pressed (although they were on those more directly involved).
SO, the irony here is the campaign had the "will your rights be
protected?" undertone. This girl (the driver) wasn't even a demi-god a
basketball player in this town seems to be...
Yarper wrote:
> I posted the story below about how a bicyclist was killed
> by woman driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones,
> and how Democratic State Attorney Julia Reitz, who ironically
> is listed as working for a personal-injury law firm, let the killer
> get away with vehicular homicide with only a slap on the wrist.
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2006/11/30/woman_is_sentenced_for_bicyclists_death
>
> Since then I've learned that State Attorney Julia Reitz got into
> office based on only about $12500 of campaign funds,
> according to official records, most of which was a loan from
> herself, thus it appears on the surface that her campaign was not
> funded by a cell phone company or car company.
> Her decision to misrepresent the situation in order to avoid
> prosecuting is thus unexplained. Perhaps she has
> ambitions that doing the right thing would disrupt?
>
> If you feel outraged by this situation, and wonder
> if you can feel safe riding a bicycle in the USA when
> state officials like Julia Reitz take the killing of bicyclists
> so lightly, like the swatting of a fly, I would suggest that you
> email both the reporter and the State Attorney herself.
>
> You can contact the reporter Mary Shenk here:
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/reporter/mschenk/
>
> The email for State Attorney Julia Reitz's office is
> [email protected]
> and the phone number is 217-384-3733.
>
> When citizens don't speak up, politicians forget they exist.
> Reitz had mishandled this situation so badly,
> it's worth asking whether she can be removed from office.
>
An Illini basketball player was indirectly involved in a burglery. The
player "paid restitution", and burglery charges against him were not
pressed (although they were on those more directly involved).
SO, the irony here is the campaign had the "will your rights be
protected?" undertone. This girl (the driver) wasn't even a demi-god a
basketball player in this town seems to be...
Yarper wrote:
> I posted the story below about how a bicyclist was killed
> by woman driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones,
> and how Democratic State Attorney Julia Reitz, who ironically
> is listed as working for a personal-injury law firm, let the killer
> get away with vehicular homicide with only a slap on the wrist.
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2006/11/30/woman_is_sentenced_for_bicyclists_death
>
> Since then I've learned that State Attorney Julia Reitz got into
> office based on only about $12500 of campaign funds,
> according to official records, most of which was a loan from
> herself, thus it appears on the surface that her campaign was not
> funded by a cell phone company or car company.
> Her decision to misrepresent the situation in order to avoid
> prosecuting is thus unexplained. Perhaps she has
> ambitions that doing the right thing would disrupt?
>
> If you feel outraged by this situation, and wonder
> if you can feel safe riding a bicycle in the USA when
> state officials like Julia Reitz take the killing of bicyclists
> so lightly, like the swatting of a fly, I would suggest that you
> email both the reporter and the State Attorney herself.
>
> You can contact the reporter Mary Shenk here:
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/reporter/mschenk/
>
> The email for State Attorney Julia Reitz's office is
> [email protected]
> and the phone number is 217-384-3733.
>
> When citizens don't speak up, politicians forget they exist.
> Reitz had mishandled this situation so badly,
> it's worth asking whether she can be removed from office.
>
