It’s just a bill
Monday, Feb 25, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Daily Herald…
A suburban state representative has proposed a law that she and her youth advisory group believe would help protect the mental stability of students during interrogations about behavior by requiring a parent or mental health professional to be there.
The proposal originated from the January 2017 death of 16-year-old Corey Walgren, a Naperville North High School student who took his life after being questioned by school officials and police about an allegation of wrongdoing.
But the attorney for Corey’s parents, Douglas and Maureen Walgren of Naperville, said the bill as written could do the opposite of protecting student mental health because of the word “or,” which could allow a mental health professional instead of a parent to be present during questioning, potentially leading to very different advice. […]
“The police and the school personnel are already required to notify the parents prior to any interrogation of a student by the police or where the police are involved,” Ekl said. “That is something that I believe Naperville North and perhaps other school districts routinely violate.”
Ekl said the proposed law’s requirement of “the presence of the student’s parent or guardian, a school social worker or a licensed mental health professional” weakens the previous mandate.
* The Illinois News Network runs at least its third story about this House resolution in eleven days…
One of the four state lawmakers behind a bill that would split Chicago off from the rest of Illinois says that while the measure was designed to spark conversation, support for a split could gain support if policymakers continue to push Windy City policies on the rest of the state. […]
State Rep. Darren Bailey, R-Louisville, said policies implemented in Chicago are being forced on the rest of the state.
“People in our area, southern Illinois, they’re mad,” Bailey said. “Fifteen [dollars an hour], a tax on plastic bags? We’re headed to some serious problems in Illinois if this does not stop.”
Bailey said he hopes to host several Chicago-area lawmakers at his family farm to show them the differences between Chicago and the rest of the state.
Bailey is one of four lawmakers signed on to House Resolution 101, which would ask the U.S. Congress to make Chicago its own state. He said he signed on to the measure to start a conversation.
* Perennial bill surfaces yet again…
Illinois motor vehicles would only need one license plate if a bill sponsored by a Chicago-area lawmaker is passed.
Rep. Allen Skillicorn, R-East Dundee, introduced House Bill 1623, which states that the Secretary of State would issue only one license plate to cars, motorcycles, trailers, semi trailers, motorized pedalcycle or truck tractors, instead of two. […]
[Dave Druker, press secretary for the Secretary of State Jesse White] said this has traditionally been a law enforcement issue.
The reason for this, Druker said, is that if an officer is out on the street, they have an increased chance of catching someone’s license plate number if they can see it from both sides.
- Precinct Captain - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:20 pm:
==Rep. Allen Skillicorn, R-East Dundee, introduced House Bill 1623==
Geez Allen, now you’re launching a war on cops?
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:25 pm:
Oh so that’s what House Resolution 101 is, a conversation starter. I prefer to carry a large wheel of cheese. It always works.
- I MIss Bentohs - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:26 pm:
We often say things like “if one life can be saved, then …” or “if this helps one person, then …”
In that vain, keep the license plate on front and back.
- Rich Miller - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:28 pm:
===I prefer to carry a large wheel of cheese===
Please let me know the next time you’re at the Statehouse. lol
Mmmm. Cheese
- Montrose - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:32 pm:
“the measure was designed to spark conversation”
Well, that explains HB7583 - It’s Pop, Not Soda Act
- Bourbon Street - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:34 pm:
It’s heartening to know, that with all the serious problems we have in Illinois, our representatives have the time and wherewithal to introduce bills about license plates and non-starting proposals creating a 51st state.
- Anonymous - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:34 pm:
THe Naperville North situation was a tragedy to be sure. It’s a shame the student was not detained with supervision until the parent arrived at the school. Instead he just walked out.
It might be advised that when a criminal investigation is in order, the school contacts both police and parent and those people interact and investigate. Schools need to “refer” and step away in matters like this.
- Rabid - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:35 pm:
Automated license plate reader gets you going and coming. To go after a driving infraction when alerted to your statues
- OneMan - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:38 pm:
The interrogation rule seems like a good idea to me, I would put some sort of ‘life obviously at immediate risk’ exemption for a situation where immediate questioning is needed to protect life.
- illini - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:40 pm:
Conversation starters will either die in the Rules Committee, or in the sub-committee they might be assigned to. Waste of time, but they do get the press they hope to get. More red meat for the base.
- PJ - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:41 pm:
I’ll bet the people of southern Illinois are absolutely furious about a minimum wage increase. How dare they deign to pay us more than poverty wages, they’re shouting in the streets of Batavia
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:42 pm:
Keep two plates. With the pervasiveness of cameras these days it doubles the chances of a camera catching a plate in a hit and run, a shooting, a carjacking, etc.
- PJ - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:43 pm:
Hah, I meant Bloomington. Batavia isn’t exactly southern
- Mr. Smith - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:44 pm:
So perhaps the 4 Republican legislators pushing this piece of “legislation” have answers for how their state is going to pay the bills and generate revenue?
Given the distribution of tax revenue across the state - the real distribution, not the dogwhistling tripe that gets bandied about endlessly as gospel truth downstate - these folks have a few questions to answer. I look forward to their attempts at an explanation.
- thechampaignlife - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:49 pm:
There are some options for the faux Chicago/downstate divide beyond secession. One possibility is to establish law based on the majority vote of the judicial district. If a majority of district 5 legislators vote for a bill but not in district 4, the law only applies to the 5th district. There can be a provision for a supermajority to force a law to apply statewide.
- City Zen - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:50 pm:
You don’t need a front license plate to figure out that’s Bobby Rush’s Lexus parked in front of a fire hydrant.
https://twitter.com/BillRuthhart/status/1099795537715449858
- Pot calling kettle - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:52 pm:
==Hah, I meant Bloomington. Batavia isn’t exactly southern==
And yet, Batavia is part of “downstate” in HR 101.
At least these guys were smart enough to retain all of the suburbs that send money to support the rest of “downstate.” I wonder how they would feel about a friendly amendment to add all of the suburbs to the new “51st state”?
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 2:58 pm:
See and here people are always mocking poor Allen Skillicorn. Saying he always wants to lower taxes but can never name things to cut. This oughta save Illinois 50 bucks.
- someonehastosayit - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 3:19 pm:
Just to set the record straight … not everyone in “southern Illinois” agrees with Representative Bailey.
- Unpopular - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 3:38 pm:
Why wouldn’t Chicago want to be it’s own state? It could then finally shed itself of troublesome people like Baptists, 2nd Amendment loons, and corn field dwelling trump supporters. They could create a utopia, and let the unwashed masses go their own way. Come on Chicago, why not hear Mr. Bailey out on this one?
- illini - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 3:48 pm:
If the downstate GOP members of the GA could not castigate those nasty, liberal Democrats from SHE-CAW-GO they would have nothing to talk with their constituents about.
Let then alone with their delusional rantings. If they want to be happy with their irrelevant bills that will go nowhere, so be it.
But if they take their elected positions seriously they need to reach out and get some bipartisan support if their ideas.
- Da Big Bad Wolf - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 4:01 pm:
==[Chicago] could then finally shed itself of troublesome people like Baptists, 2nd Amendment loons, and corn field dwelling trump supporters. They could create a utopia, and let the unwashed masses go their own way.
Chicago has all those nice folks and more. You really oughta come on up for a visit.
- RNUG - Monday, Feb 25, 19 @ 4:53 pm:
== non-starting proposals creating a 51st state. ==
Not just here. There is a bill to break up NYC from NY State.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Feb 26, 19 @ 12:06 am:
The collars wouldn’t go to the newly created South Illinois.
Why would the collars want to pay for the new Mississippi of the Midwest. I imagine with how quickly poverty would come in, South Illinois would probably receive a ton of Fed poverty money. But that’s not a great campaign slogan- Vote for Me, stay broke and wait for the Fed to pay you your no job free healthcare. Which you still complain about Obamacare even though that’s what over half your residents will be on.
- Iamthepita - Tuesday, Feb 26, 19 @ 7:24 am:
Regarding license plate - in the case of hit-and-runs/Amber alerts, it’s a bit reassuring that the public can identify the vehicle in motion from the front and back of the vehicle without making it too far obvious that they’re trying to read their plates…