Saturday, November 9, 2013

Will Woodstock Chamber take position on concealed carry?

A Facebook article from a statewide concealed carry organization made a reference to a Chicago Tribune article about Richard Block, the president of the Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce and a businessman in that community with a promotional products company.

He is apparently a rabid anti-gunner, and his company mailed two No-Guns stickers to 500 businesses on the company's mailing list. While the article should have been about Block and his company, it was written to reference Block's position as the Chamber's president. Hence, it looks like this is the Chamber's position on guns (which it probably is, being that it's Morton Grove).

The problem? Any business putting up a sign that prohibits concealed carry might as well put up a "Robbers Invited" sign.

I tried to find Block's company name on the "new and improved Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce website". The site is worthless. But I did finally find it. Block's company is Creative Promotional Products, 7300 N. Monticello, Skokie, IL 60076. Phone: (847) 410-3815. Richard Block's email is rich@creativepromo.net and his direct phone is (847) 226-5179.

What will the position of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce be? Will they take a position? Will they even be able to legally take a position?

I was a member of the Woodstock Chamber - twice. I quit the first time and got kicked out the second time. Why did I get kicked out? I complained too much about the things that were broken. I could list them, but you'd get tired of reading them about midnight. Just one of my complaints was that the Chamber ignored a complaint from a Woodstock senior citizen who had attended the first Picklepalooza. They just totally ignored her by choosing not to even reply to her letter.

Why might it be that the Woodstock Chamber may not be able to take a position on concealed carry (or on anything else)? When you visit the Chamber's website, you'll find names two officers listed - a President and a Treasurer. There should be four officers. There is apparently no Secretary and no Vice-President.

These offices are important. Every business person understands the legal importance of those two offices. But there may be no legally-qualified Treasurer, either. Several years ago the By-Laws required that an officer must be a full business member; i.e., not an ex officio member. That's why the former Woodstock City Manager had to vacate the Chamber Treasurer's chair.

It's hard to understand why the Chamber can't follow its own rules, but therein lies one of the major problems.

1 comment:

Maverick50 said...

"There should be four officers. There is apparently no Secretary and no Vice-President." Does this make it an ineligible Chamber then? Does this make all things they have done illegal or not standing?

Kind of falls in the same as Nygren. If he was not a Illinois resident at the time of the election, is he really our Sheriff? Without a Sheriff you can't have Sheriff Deputies. Then that makes all the arrest illegal! What have they got us into?
Did you notice I did not call him Sheriff Nygren.