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| Title: | US IL: LTE: Letter From Hank Williams |
| Published On: | 2006-10-30 |
| Source: | Daily Journal, The (IL) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-12 23:20:47 |
LETTER FROM HANK WILLIAMS
The Current Sheriff Spoke at a Press Conference on Thursday, Oct. 12
and He Stated, "Kankakee County Is a Safer Place Today Than It Was 10
Years Ago."
If this is a true statement, why is he placing such an enormous
burden upon the county taxpayer's with the Jerome Combs prison? When
completed, this edifice will have an inmate bed capacity to rival
Will County's; not to mention that Will County is 6 1/2 times the
size of Kankakee, and has out-distanced, out-paced and out-planned us
in the field of economic development.
He further proceeded to elaborate by expounding upon a self-generated
question, "Do we say that all crime is gone in Kankakee County?
Certainly not, but we've made some significant inroads in trying to reduce it."
At the recent Kankakee YMCA's Living and Learning Committee Forum
conducted at Kankakee Community College on Sunday, Oct. 15 the
current sheriff when questioned in reference to the drug traffic in
the county stated to the effect that it was the federal government's
responsibility to target the high profile suppliers.
It is the sheriff's sole responsibility to create a comprehensive
strategic plan to target the high-profile sophisticated narcotic
king-pins and cartels that have a predaceous and cataclysmic history
of supplying drugs into our country.
Crack cocaine has spread across Kankakee County like a prairie fire
and the sad downside effect is this; the current sheriff doesn't want
to roll up his sleeves and address this situation. Communities are
dealing with, and attempting to wrestle with solutions.
For a tiny drug, crack cocaine is having an insidious impact upon our
constituency. In its most popular size, 0.2 grams, the white or tan
$20 crystals are one-eighth to one-fourth the size of an M&M candy.
We must aggressively and tactically cut off the supply. Once we
diligently cut off the supply, the demand for the drugs will force
the dealers and users to obtain and ply their trade outside of Kankakee County.
Hank Williams Jr.
Democratic Sheriff's Candidate
The Current Sheriff Spoke at a Press Conference on Thursday, Oct. 12
and He Stated, "Kankakee County Is a Safer Place Today Than It Was 10
Years Ago."
If this is a true statement, why is he placing such an enormous
burden upon the county taxpayer's with the Jerome Combs prison? When
completed, this edifice will have an inmate bed capacity to rival
Will County's; not to mention that Will County is 6 1/2 times the
size of Kankakee, and has out-distanced, out-paced and out-planned us
in the field of economic development.
He further proceeded to elaborate by expounding upon a self-generated
question, "Do we say that all crime is gone in Kankakee County?
Certainly not, but we've made some significant inroads in trying to reduce it."
At the recent Kankakee YMCA's Living and Learning Committee Forum
conducted at Kankakee Community College on Sunday, Oct. 15 the
current sheriff when questioned in reference to the drug traffic in
the county stated to the effect that it was the federal government's
responsibility to target the high profile suppliers.
It is the sheriff's sole responsibility to create a comprehensive
strategic plan to target the high-profile sophisticated narcotic
king-pins and cartels that have a predaceous and cataclysmic history
of supplying drugs into our country.
Crack cocaine has spread across Kankakee County like a prairie fire
and the sad downside effect is this; the current sheriff doesn't want
to roll up his sleeves and address this situation. Communities are
dealing with, and attempting to wrestle with solutions.
For a tiny drug, crack cocaine is having an insidious impact upon our
constituency. In its most popular size, 0.2 grams, the white or tan
$20 crystals are one-eighth to one-fourth the size of an M&M candy.
We must aggressively and tactically cut off the supply. Once we
diligently cut off the supply, the demand for the drugs will force
the dealers and users to obtain and ply their trade outside of Kankakee County.
Hank Williams Jr.
Democratic Sheriff's Candidate
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