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Lance Jack Revisited Part 3: Mary Pohlmann’s Comments
Last week I wrote a post about Lance Jack’s resignation from city council and I promised to follow up. This morning I wrote one post looking at local liquor law, and a second post looking at state liquor law. This is part 3, in which I am critical of Mary Pohlmann’s remarks about Lance Jack in May of 2009.
Last year, when Fat Patties was denied a liquor license for the second time the Southern Illinoisan ran an article about the denial. It contained a couple of paragraphs about Mary Pohlman’s remarks that I’d like to quote and comment on:
Tuesday’s votes came after Pohlmann criticized the legal standing of Jack’s appeal and his competence to hold a license.
The state, Pohlmann said, used language that applied to the Illinois’ other communities, each of which leaves the granting of liquor licenses to the mayor and not a full commission, she said.
Citing Jack’s conviction of DUI in 1994 and “other behavior” she said she’s observed, Pohlmann said she was concerned that Jack was “not of good character and reputation in the community in which he resides.” Read the rest of this entry »
