Quincy City Council
QUINCY — Aldermen agreed with the recommendation of the denial by the Plan Commission of a special permit to operate a nightclub at 601-603 Hampshire, the site of the Little D Sports Club, during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. Owner Michael Erwin told aldermen he would like to take the name “nightclub” off the ordinance.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy City Council approved an ordinance for an $8.5 million loan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for needed work to upgrade water plant equipment, some of which has been in use by the city since the 1950’s. “That’s one of the things that keeps me up at night, thinking about that water…
Read Full Article My wife, Paula Wallace, and I both shared words of advice on Tuesday night at the Quincy City Council meeting, along with many others who were standing against the abortion racket being perpetrated in Illinois. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful, even though the message and appeal for life and blessing was clearly with the pro-life people…
Read Full Article Letter to the Editor: Let's spend more time making this world a place where it's safe to go to sleep
Two caveats toward Quincy City Council aldermen using their governmental offices to continue seeking an overturn of the Reproductive Health Act in Illinois: 1. A large part of what bothers me so much is people claiming to be so “pro-life” do so with such a feeling of self-satisfaction that they are morally superior in their…
Read Full Article As I awakened at 4 a.m. the day after the marathon City Council meeting, I experienced an epiphany so profound that I had to put pen to paper (or fingers to keypad — few of us write anymore). I witnessed more of my neighbors taking time out of their busy lives to speak at a City…
Read Full Article It has come to the attention of Students for Life of America that the attorney advising the Quincy City Council on the Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance has voiced opposition to making Quincy a sanctuary city for the unborn while also claiming to hold pro-life values. The aldermen and alderwomen who passed this very…
Read Full Article Today, many stand with you in this effort to “preserve the safety, health, peace, good order, comfort, convenience, morals and welfare of all inhabitants within the city of Quincy, and to ensure the federal prohibitions on the shipment of abortion pills and abortion-related paraphernalia are obeyed.” The negligence of the abortion industry has been tolerated…
Read Full Article I am the oldest of five daughters, and three of my sisters live in Quincy. The “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” ordinance before the Quincy City Council would affect the level of healthcare my sisters would receive. It would also affect me, as all my healthcare needs are covered in Quincy. Let’s be so for…
Read Full Article On behalf of Springfield Right to Life, its Civic Action Committee and Two Hearts Pregnancy Help Center, we strongly support the passage of the “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” ordinance. In reviewing the ordinance summary, it looks to be a mere adoption of the Comstock Act of 1873 (18 USCA 1462 & 1463) which, in…
Read Full Article My son Carl would be 16 years old today. I should be taking him to get his driver’s license and maybe to his first job. He should be driving me bonkers by being too loud with his friends and playing video games past his bedtime. But I never got that chance, because 16 years ago,…
Read Full Article I am writing in response to the letter from Nicholas Scholz, which said the proposed “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” ordinance would make Quincy less competitive in the market for young, educated workers. Perhaps Mr. Scholz would prefer only people with college degrees to vote? I am reminded of William Buckley’s famous saying that he…
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