Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Daley: Cameras Will Make Us Safer

Mayor Daley on Monday embraced a radical plan to require every licensed Chicago business open more than 12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras...If the mayor's endorsement translates into City Council approval of the ordinance championed by Ald. Ray Suarez (31st), business leaders will demand tax breaks and a phase-in similar to the sprinkler ordinance that gives older high-rises 12 years to comply, Roper said.

And he predicted the requirement would ultimately translate into fewer hours and lower wages.
Once the cud-chewers have been conditioned to comply, I wonder if private residences will be far behind. After all, it would make us safer.

And that's what the Framers wanted, isn't it?

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/01/2006 12:08 PM

    My God. How can people hear about something like this and NOT go balistic?!?

    Those People willing to give up liberty for a perception of security end up with neither.

    This story was sickening, and sadly familiar.

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  2. E. David Quammen2/01/2006 1:09 PM

    And that's what the Framers wanted, isn't it?....

    David, David, David....NAY, a thousand times NAY....

    We fought the 'beast', whom at that time was wearing a crown. Now he seems to be wearing a business suit! Do the words REVOLUTION sound familiar?

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