Thread: Hotel cancels Ill. Minuteman Project meeting

Hotel cancels Ill. Minuteman Project meeting

August 23, 2007
By Ben Lefebvre STAFF WRITER

CRYSTAL LAKE -- The Crystal Lake Holiday Inn has canceled its rental contract with the Illinois Minuteman Project, citing concerns about security costs for a conference scheduled for Saturday by the anti-illegal-immigrant group.

Minuteman director Rosanna Pulido said she received an e-mailed letter Tuesday from the hotel's legal representatives stating several reasons why it would not honor an agreement with the organization for a conference room rental. Among them was that the Crystal Lake Police Department would charge the hotel as much as $3,500 to provide security at the event, she said.

"That's because a bunch of groups are protesting," Pulido said, referring to several immigrant rights organizations from Kane and McHenry counties that plan to demonstrate outside the hotel.

The illegal immigration debate has drawn large crowds to the area before. Carpentersville and Waukegan have seen crowds of about 3,000 people during the past year protesting measures seen as targeting the immigrant and Hispanic communities.

Crystal Lake Police Chief Dave Linder said the department charges organizers of any event that demands work "above and beyond" normal police duty, including parades and downtown fairs.

"The Holiday Inn booked this event and we were then notified, personally and through the media, that several groups would protest the event," he said. "If any event is going to require police presence to ensure the safety of everyone involved, we're going to charge for that."

Pulido said she was working to find another venue for the estimated 100 people who bought tickets to hear Allen County, Ohio, Sheriff Daniel Beck speak about his department's handling of illegal immigration issues.

"We are looking for any individual in Crystal Lake who has a building, a hall, a garage, cornfield, anything," she said. "We'll take it."

Although the Illinois Minuteman Project may make a change of venue, protesters said nothing's changed with their plans.

"We're still going to be there," said Adam Ruiz, a Carpentersville Community Alliance member who helped organize the counterdemonstration. "We have the permits from the village and we're still going to have a rally for immigration rights and immigration reform. We just want to voice our opinion peacefully and say there's two views on this."

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/c...NCE_S1.article

Don't make me come back up there to kick some butt!

W

The group should petition the Governor to send the National Guard for security. If this circumstance was reversed and the illegals were denied the right to freedom of assembly, the ACLU, et al, would be all over it.

You see! just another case of business catering and being cowards instead of honoring there contract. Holiday Inn is a big company and they are complaining over $3,500 dollars?

I guess protection works only one way. Law enforcement seems too busy to protect the Minutemen. Further, it seems the arrogant illegals have won, using a scurrilous tactic akin to SLAPP. Since many police departments favor illegal aliens over citizens anyway, perhaps it's time to create private security forces that will actually protect the citizens. I'm gonna' bet the police department won't charge a farthing to protect the Mexican rally. Sad day for America.

Originally Posted by Nouveauxpoor

The group should petition the Governor to send the National Guard for security. If this circumstance was reversed and the illegals were denied the right to freedom of assembly, the ACLU, et al, would be all over it.

You don't know our weenie governor. (Or are you from Illinois too)
This is a sanctuary state, and He’d turn the guard on us!

I know a number of people that live up that way, and we are already passing word about the weenie police chief. Most come back with; “Well then I’m boycotting Crystal Lake and telling everyone I know"


Here are some more links to news stories.

http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/0 ... 725672.txt

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=23387&src=2

Anyone here remember the Simpsons character Montgomery Burns line, "Release the Hounds"

Here we go again. Just like the protest in Lakewood, NJ being cancelled. If you are American and want to protest law-breakers, good luck. You receive minimal supoort from government, business, etc.

Illegals however can protest whenever they want, where ever they want and however violently they want. They don't need permits, etc. government and business seem more than willing to help them in many circumstances.

Just look what happened to Ted Hayes. He had a permit to hold a protest in L.A.. The illegals refused to get out of the park and then Ted could not have his protest.

We have one of those Holiday Inn reward type cards because of work related travel. I am going to Email and call them about this.

Do you think they would make the same demands if LaRaza held a conference there?

The Holiday Inn in question probably hires illegals to do maid service.

Maybe we can get the guest speaker, Allen County, Ohio, Sheriff Daniel Beck, to go have some choice words with the Crystal Lake Police chief?