MM MEETING ISSUE: ILLEGAL ALIENS & ENABLERS CONCERN LAW ENFORCEMENT

A seminar expected to draw dozens of illegal immigration foes and perhaps hundreds of protesters to Crystal Lake on Saturday is in jeopardy after the hotel hosting the event told its sponsor it is no longer welcome.

The decision by the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn has left the Illinois Minuteman Project scrambling to find an alternate location to host Allen County, Ohio, Sheriff Dan Beck, whose efforts to deport people who are in the country unlawfully has earned him national attention.

"I'm disturbed by the whole thing," Minuteman Director Rosanna Pulido said Wednesday. "We're not bringing in a lunatic. We're bringing in a sheriff."

Pulido said her organization received an e-mail from Holiday Inn attorneys Tuesday afternoon announcing their decision to cancel her conference room reservation. The e-mail, Pulido said, indicated the decision was made after Crystal Lake police informed the hotel it would be asked to reimburse the city $3,000 or more for additional police protection.

Hotel General Manager Ed Sweet could not be reached for comment.

Pulido said she does not blame the Holiday Inn for its decision, saying she understands its hesitancy about paying for added security. Instead, she blames Crystal Lake authorities for making the hotel responsible for those costs.

"I feel there's been government interference," she said.

But Crystal Lake Police Chief David Linder said the city's decision to pass along its costs is standard policy. The department has sought and received similar reimbursement for other events such as last year's Gay Games rowing competition on Crystal Lake.

For safety reasons Linder said he could not disclose his department's plans for Saturday's event, but he confirmed that the Holiday Inn was told it could be asked to reimburse the city as much as $3,000.

"Like any event that comes in, we take a look at what needs to happen to make it safe," he said. "If the Holiday Inn is going to have this event, we're going to have to put additional people out there to make sure everyone out there is safe and to protect their rights."

Although the event is expected to draw about 100 Minuteman supporters to the Holiday Inn itself, at least three groups are expected to conduct protests outside the hotel, raising concerns about crowd management and public safety.

Pulido said the Holiday Inn did not ask her organization to pay for the additional police services, nor does she believe her group should be responsible for those costs.

"We've had events all over, and we've never been asked to incur the costs," she said. "We're not causing trouble."

Lawyers for the Minuteman Project Wednesday were crafting a response to the hotel's attorneys. But in the meantime, Pulido said, the group is looking feverishly for another site in the Crystal Lake area.

"We're looking for someone to say, 'You're welcome here,'" she said. "A park, a parking lot, a building, a cornfield. We'll take anything."

Why is this not a surprise?? If the Holiday Inn or ANY police department in this country refused rooms to LaRaza or any other PRO Illegal Alien organization, the ACLU and illegals would crawl up any orfice they could possibly find. The hotel isn't afraid of the MM, they are intimidated by the ILLEGAL protestors and with good reason! After all, who else does our government support? Absolutely remarkable that once again, the criminals come out on top rather than American Patriots!

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This is sad, but a sign of all the liability that is involved (with anyone that wants to meet in a public place) to protect our country.  The illegals and anti-Americans are the ones that should pay the extra fees.  I hope/pray the right spot will come up for them.

SovereignMan said:

Yes folks law abiding Americans can no longer assemble peacefully without concern that illegal aliens and their anti-American enablers will cause  trouble.  These anti-Americans are trying to intimidate people.  We must stand against this and keep fighting the illegal invasion.  I say they all go to mexico and act tough and show disrespect for the rule of law and property.

What would they do if they were in power?

SovereignMan 

Hotel: No room for Minuteman Project meeting

By Charles Keeshan | Daily Herald Staff

Published: 8/23/2007 12:13 AM

A seminar expected to draw dozens of illegal immigration foes and perhaps hundreds of protesters to Crystal Lake on Saturday is in jeopardy after the hotel hosting the event told its sponsor it is no longer welcome.

The decision by the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn has left the Illinois Minuteman Project scrambling to find an alternate location to host Allen County, Ohio, Sheriff Dan Beck, whose efforts to deport people who are in the country unlawfully has earned him national attention.

"I'm disturbed by the whole thing," Minuteman Director Rosanna Pulido said Wednesday. "We're not bringing in a lunatic. We're bringing in a sheriff."

Pulido said her organization received an e-mail from Holiday Inn attorneys Tuesday afternoon announcing their decision to cancel her conference room reservation. The e-mail, Pulido said, indicated the decision was made after Crystal Lake police informed the hotel it would be asked to reimburse the city $3,000 or more for additional police protection.

Hotel General Manager Ed Sweet could not be reached for comment.

Pulido said she does not blame the Holiday Inn for its decision, saying she understands its hesitancy about paying for added security. Instead, she blames Crystal Lake authorities for making the hotel responsible for those costs.

"I feel there's been government interference," she said.

But Crystal Lake Police Chief David Linder said the city's decision to pass along its costs is standard policy. The department has sought and received similar reimbursement for other events such as last year's Gay Games rowing competition on Crystal Lake.

For safety reasons Linder said he could not disclose his department's plans for Saturday's event, but he confirmed that the Holiday Inn was told it could be asked to reimburse the city as much as $3,000.

"Like any event that comes in, we take a look at what needs to happen to make it safe," he said. "If the Holiday Inn is going to have this event, we're going to have to put additional people out there to make sure everyone out there is safe and to protect their rights."

Although the event is expected to draw about 100 Minuteman supporters to the Holiday Inn itself, at least three groups are expected to conduct protests outside the hotel, raising concerns about crowd management and public safety.

Pulido said the Holiday Inn did not ask her organization to pay for the additional police services, nor does she believe her group should be responsible for those costs.

"We've had events all over, and we've never been asked to incur the costs," she said. "We're not causing trouble."

Lawyers for the Minuteman Project Wednesday were crafting a response to the hotel's attorneys. But in the meantime, Pulido said, the group is looking feverishly for another site in the Crystal Lake area.

"We're looking for someone to say, 'You're welcome here,'" she said. "A park, a parking lot, a building, a cornfield. We'll take anything."

 

I have e-mailed my contempt for the action of this one horse city to : comments@crystallake.org and encourage all to do the same and get as many others as you can to do the same , sort of melt down their antiquated system .

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Do any of you find it interesting that none of the posters who are always concerned with the legal aspects of controling Americans actions to fight illegal immigration are not in a rage about the obvious intimidation and threat to their property the Holiday Inn folks feel as a result of the illegal aliens, their enablers and the open border lobbyists. 

There is whalesh_ _ and then there is the aclu

SovereignMan

Thank you for the email address for Crystal Lake.  I have emailed them with a protest over their decision to disrupt the Minuteman Project seminar and Sheriif Beck's appearance there.  I asked that they find other accommodations for the group as they are bowing down to illegal immigrant activists and their anti-American sponsors.  I hope that the Minuteman Project will be able to recoup their losses over this, and fight the the city of Crystal Lake over this sham.