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2020-03-14 -Land of the Free
Champaign, IL mayor links Corona Virus, Gun Control and More
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen has issued an executive order declaring an emergency in the city.

City officials said the emergency is related to the COVID-19, which is anticipated to cause an impact on the health of community members. Champaign Municipal Code allows the mayor to declare an emergency for a limited time.

Included in the executive order are ordinances that would give the city extraordinary powers to the Mayor.

  • Violating parts of the Open Meetings Act
  • Ban sale of firearms and ammunition
  • Ban sale of any alcohol
  • Closing of all bars, taverns, liquor stores, etc
  • Ban sale or giving away of gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank permanently fixed to a motor vehicle
  • Direct the shutoff of power, water, gas, etc
  • Take possession of private property and obtain full title to same
  • Prohibit or restrict ingress and egress to and from the City

    "The executive order allows the city to be flexible to properly respond to the emergency needs of our community. None of the options will necessarily will be implemented but are available in order to protect the welfare and safety of our community if needed," Jeff Hamilton the City of Champaign's Communications Manger told WAND-TV.

    Champaign leaders released a statement Friday evening in response to several false claims circulating online. They reiterated there is currently no firearm ban and no intent to seize property and close businesses.
    • Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-14 08:05|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

    #1 Stalin et. al. would be proud
    Posted by Warthog 2020-03-14 08:17||   2020-03-14 08:17|| Front Page Top

    #2 Take possession of private property and obtain full title to same

    Probably the only way anyone will escape Illinois sky high property taxes.
    Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-14 08:23||   2020-03-14 08:23|| Front Page Top

    #3 Thought this was the Bee for certain. It is not satirical and more than idiotic. Please toss this guy out of office Champaign. Toast his send-off with some champagne.
    Posted by JohnQC 2020-03-14 09:09||   2020-03-14 09:09|| Front Page Top

    #4 College town, not unlike Madison, Wisconsin in 'collective thought'.
    Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-03-14 09:15||   2020-03-14 09:15|| Front Page Top

    #5 In 1989, Deb earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Education from Mount Holyoke College. In 1991, she received her Juris Doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology Kent College of Law. She was admitted into the Illinois Bar in 1992.

    Elected Mayor 2019. My future Father-in-Law was Mayor of Champaign in the 1968 campus riots, while I was dating his daughter. He instituted a curfew for a few days.

    Ms. Mayor
    Posted by Bobby 2020-03-14 09:27||   2020-03-14 09:27|| Front Page Top

    #6 When I lived there in the early 80's it wasn't that bad. But from the looks of the place on my last drive through--worse than Madison, I think.
    Do you live in the Madison area too?
    Posted by James  2020-03-14 09:32|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com  2020-03-14 09:32|| Front Page Top

    #7 SCOTUS already slapped this behavior down once. I guess some people didn't get don't want to acknowledge the memo.
    Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-14 10:26||   2020-03-14 10:26|| Front Page Top

    #8 And all the little tyrants start stretching their legs.
    Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-14 10:30||   2020-03-14 10:30|| Front Page Top

    #9 Somebody obviously wanted to be first up against the wall. Or they want to try a redo of the Battle of Athens.
    Posted by Silentbrick 2020-03-14 10:40||   2020-03-14 10:40|| Front Page Top

    #10 Patriots in this country in 1774 slapped this behavior down multiple times, with tar and feathers
    Posted by Lex 2020-03-14 11:05||   2020-03-14 11:05|| Front Page Top

    #11 Any excuse for a dry run
    Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-03-14 11:25||   2020-03-14 11:25|| Front Page Top

    #12 Whoops on the gender thingee. Please toss this gal out of office Champaign. Toast her send-off with some champagne.

    Seems pretty much like the usual Progressive/Dem agenda.
    Posted by JohnQC 2020-03-14 11:26||   2020-03-14 11:26|| Front Page Top

    #13 I keep my residence away from the "70 Square-Miles Surrounded by Reality", James.

    I do live within less than a day's driving distance and work out of there sometimes, though.

    That includes one of my least favorite jobs, having to 'Meet and Greet' political types and try to explain the real world to them.
    Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-03-14 12:42||   2020-03-14 12:42|| Front Page Top

    #14 Build a gibbet in front of her office and announce she'll be tried for treason.
    Posted by Silentbrick 2020-03-14 18:59||   2020-03-14 18:59|| Front Page Top

    #15 Take possession of private property and obtain full title to same

    Bitch this is why we have guns.
    Posted by Woodrow 2020-03-14 20:56||   2020-03-14 20:56|| Front Page Top

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