REPUBLICANS IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR TOUGHER ANTI-CRIME MEASURES. 

VIOLENT CRIME HAS BEEN RISING AND IS ONLY GETTING WORSE SAYS REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS BOS OF LAKE ZURICH. HE SAYS THE G-O-P HAS OFFERED SEVERAL PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, BUT NONE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED.

BOS AND HIS COLLEAGUES BLAME THE INCREASE IN CRIME IN PART ON THE PASSAGE OF LAST YEAR’S “SAFE-T ACT” WHICH HE SAYS PUTS CRIMINALS FIRST. REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WINDHORST OF METROPOLIS:

WINDHORST AND HIS COLLEAGUES SAY THE ACT SHOULD BE REPEALED. THEY HAVE INTRODUCED A NUMBER OF TOUGH ON CRIME BILLS BUT NONE HAVE BEEN DEBATED IN THE LEGISLATURE.