Springfield Follies

The new socialists continue to propose insanity in the State Capitol. This one is brought to out attention by a regular reader:

• Please take two minutes to fill out a witness slip OPPOSING HB1115.
  
  There is a currently a bill in the Illinois Senate that proposes to prevent the Department of Corrections from using Electronic Monitoring (aka house arrest) to monitor felons after they get out of prison or jail on parole. Right now, the Department of Corrections can determine if someone needs to be monitored through the parole board. If passed, the bill would take away the option. The state is trying to offer “freedom and support” to people who have been a constant in the criminal system..... People who get out on early release will not be monitored. Keeping them in prison forever is not always a option, so we need some monitoring to be done to these criminals. Would we rather have EM? Or nothing at all to high profile criminals.
  
  There is a hearing on the bill on Wednesday in Springfield. Please go to the link below and fill out the witness slip and mark yourself as an OPPONENT of the bill. This will let the Committee know that the community opposes this.
  
  http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/hearing.asp?CommitteeID=2342&GA=101

Elected officials are attempting to remove even that tiny little protection at the State level for tracking early release felons.

Use the link provided to make your voice heard.