Blago vetoed this, but our beloved pols in Springfield brought it back. Thank God, college freshmen will still be able to illegally get drunk and then legally mutilate themselves.
18 Equals Tattoo (HB 29)
For the first time in Illinois, 18 year-olds can legally smoke, vote, and get a tattoo. The Illinois Senate voted to override the governor’s veto of House Bill 29 , lowering the age for a person to receive a tattoo. At the same time the law raises the criminal penalty for tattooing or body-piercing a person under the age of 18 from a Class C misdemeanor (up to 30 days in jail and $1500 fine) to a Class A misdemeanor (up to 1 year and $2,500 fine).
Someone needs to show these taut college gals what a pierced belly, tummy or lower back tattoo looks like after child birth. Think of a balloon before it's been inflated. Now picture the balloon inflated to the max. Okay, now imagine it deflated again. Add stretch marks. It ain't pretty. Trust me.
Wednesday, November 2
Trick or Treating at the Grandview Hotel
The news was all a flutter about The Grandview Hotel - on Halloween no less, which strikes me as oddly appropriate. Somehow Polly has got to check this place out without revealing her identity. I've gotten many e-mails from Ingersoll, and my curiosity has the better of me... what was it that curiosity killed again?
WEEK is reporting Mr. Ingersoll found videotapes of the former owner, Kris Jain, having sex with guests in exchange for a break on the rent and/or drugs. Gross. I'm wondering how Ingersoll knows the participants did not give their consent to be taped? Could either party on the alleged tape be considered credible, especially if drugs were involved? Ah, but commonsense and the Law don't necessarily coincide. Methinks Ingersoll's main purpose in life is to make that point abundantly clear to the rest of the class.
I remember Chase happily announcing his take over of the Grandview Hotel. What was it? A day after the Court decided in the City's favor to temporarily close the Grandview for being a nuisance, Chase was all but doing a victory dance on camera. Chase was eager to thank the City who enabled him to get a better price for the property by being "overly harsh with Mr. Jain, a friend of mine." Now Chase seems eager to stick it to his "friend." So, the price of the Hotel wasn't low enough?
There were three people suspiciously absent from this latest and most titillating round of media coverage regarding The Grandview. Kris Jain, Jain's Attorney -Joe Gibson, and self proclaimed neighborhood advocate/City Council wannabe Angie Andersen. Also, I haven't seen a word printed about the latest sleazy developments in the Journal Star. Come on guys! Sex, drugs, and videotape! What more could you ask for? They make movies about this stuff!
Peoria Pundit is reporting all the drug dealers and prostitutes have evacuated the Grandview and the few remaining angelic residents should be allowed to stay. There is a new owner after all, and HE didn't do anything wrong. Why should he be punished? Why should the non-criminal guests be made to suffer and put out on the street?
On one hand I agree. I don't think guests who have paid money and haven't committed any crime should be forced into homelessness. On the other hand, the closing of the Hotel has been a long time coming. There is no doubt Chase knew when he purchased the property that it was doomed for temporary closure. Should you be able to sue after buying a car that turns out to be a lemon if it was clearly marked "BIG FAT ROTTEN SMELLY LEMON" on the dealer's lot? Jain was quoted in the Journal Star as saying he sold the hotel to Chase Ingersoll because he was a fighter and "could shut the City up and shut Ms. Andersen up." I am concerned that overturning a Judge's ruling could be as easy as transferring a Deed. Didn't our hot shot legal team at City Hall see this coming? Aside from educating us on the gaping inadequacies in the Law, I think Mr. Ingersoll lives to inflict any misery he can on City Hall, which means this battle has likely only begun, and Mr. and Ms. Peoria Chump Taxpayer will be forced to pay for the entire war. Thanks, Buddy.
It seems to me guests at the Grandview have been punished long enough. Following this saga, I have come to the conclusion Hotel living for the poor is the equivalent of exploitation of the poor - pure and simple. These poor folks are paying more than most people pay for a nice apartment, but have had to endure very substandard living conditions and horrid abuse from the previous owner. Time for the YWCA/Salvation Army/Goodwill/and whoever else takes our charitable contributions and tax money to step up and provide a permanent solution for the few remaining troubled Grandview guests.
From the small amount of footage WEEK TV showed of the Grandview, it appears it is going to take more than a mop, bucket, and elbow grease to turn the place around. I'm just guessing, but it looks as though Jain hasn't put any effort/money into his former property for quite sometime. The color scheme on the tape was old hunter green carpet and chipped mauve paint -which is what- circa 1982? The Grandview needs more than a good scrubbing and a few lawsuits to make it viable, which also was made clear by the Court's Order.
I anxiously await to see if Peoria's most entertaining gadfly can make a dent. In the meantime, anyone care to make a friendly wager as to how long it will take for the alleged Grandview Hotel sex tapes to hit the internet?
WEEK is reporting Mr. Ingersoll found videotapes of the former owner, Kris Jain, having sex with guests in exchange for a break on the rent and/or drugs. Gross. I'm wondering how Ingersoll knows the participants did not give their consent to be taped? Could either party on the alleged tape be considered credible, especially if drugs were involved? Ah, but commonsense and the Law don't necessarily coincide. Methinks Ingersoll's main purpose in life is to make that point abundantly clear to the rest of the class.
I remember Chase happily announcing his take over of the Grandview Hotel. What was it? A day after the Court decided in the City's favor to temporarily close the Grandview for being a nuisance, Chase was all but doing a victory dance on camera. Chase was eager to thank the City who enabled him to get a better price for the property by being "overly harsh with Mr. Jain, a friend of mine." Now Chase seems eager to stick it to his "friend." So, the price of the Hotel wasn't low enough?
There were three people suspiciously absent from this latest and most titillating round of media coverage regarding The Grandview. Kris Jain, Jain's Attorney -Joe Gibson, and self proclaimed neighborhood advocate/City Council wannabe Angie Andersen. Also, I haven't seen a word printed about the latest sleazy developments in the Journal Star. Come on guys! Sex, drugs, and videotape! What more could you ask for? They make movies about this stuff!
Peoria Pundit is reporting all the drug dealers and prostitutes have evacuated the Grandview and the few remaining angelic residents should be allowed to stay. There is a new owner after all, and HE didn't do anything wrong. Why should he be punished? Why should the non-criminal guests be made to suffer and put out on the street?
On one hand I agree. I don't think guests who have paid money and haven't committed any crime should be forced into homelessness. On the other hand, the closing of the Hotel has been a long time coming. There is no doubt Chase knew when he purchased the property that it was doomed for temporary closure. Should you be able to sue after buying a car that turns out to be a lemon if it was clearly marked "BIG FAT ROTTEN SMELLY LEMON" on the dealer's lot? Jain was quoted in the Journal Star as saying he sold the hotel to Chase Ingersoll because he was a fighter and "could shut the City up and shut Ms. Andersen up." I am concerned that overturning a Judge's ruling could be as easy as transferring a Deed. Didn't our hot shot legal team at City Hall see this coming? Aside from educating us on the gaping inadequacies in the Law, I think Mr. Ingersoll lives to inflict any misery he can on City Hall, which means this battle has likely only begun, and Mr. and Ms. Peoria Chump Taxpayer will be forced to pay for the entire war. Thanks, Buddy.
It seems to me guests at the Grandview have been punished long enough. Following this saga, I have come to the conclusion Hotel living for the poor is the equivalent of exploitation of the poor - pure and simple. These poor folks are paying more than most people pay for a nice apartment, but have had to endure very substandard living conditions and horrid abuse from the previous owner. Time for the YWCA/Salvation Army/Goodwill/and whoever else takes our charitable contributions and tax money to step up and provide a permanent solution for the few remaining troubled Grandview guests.
From the small amount of footage WEEK TV showed of the Grandview, it appears it is going to take more than a mop, bucket, and elbow grease to turn the place around. I'm just guessing, but it looks as though Jain hasn't put any effort/money into his former property for quite sometime. The color scheme on the tape was old hunter green carpet and chipped mauve paint -which is what- circa 1982? The Grandview needs more than a good scrubbing and a few lawsuits to make it viable, which also was made clear by the Court's Order.
I anxiously await to see if Peoria's most entertaining gadfly can make a dent. In the meantime, anyone care to make a friendly wager as to how long it will take for the alleged Grandview Hotel sex tapes to hit the internet?
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