Christmas is on Friday--oh, that was the idea--have the hearing on a day when people are confronted priorities, such as shopping and (in my case) shampooing carpets.
But some Illinoisans who oppose Gitmo North attended the hearing in Sterling.
From AP:
Opponents groaned and hissed when Quinn's chief operating officer, Jack Lavin, said his boss "would never do anything that puts people at risk." He also told the panel that the Thomson facility would be "the most secure federal prison in the nation."
When he finished his two-minute statement someone yelled, "That's a lie."
The uproar prompted a reprimand from the panel's chairman, state Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg.
"This is going to be a long hearing," Schoenberg said, sounding his gavel after one chorus of boos. "It will be even longer without the necessary decorum."
Lavin is wrong. Quinn recently approved an early release program for Illinois prisoners. When confronted about the initiative, Quinn claimed to know nothing about it. He lied.
Related post:
Ill. early release inmates not exactly 'low-level offenders'
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