O'Shea Looks to Boost Fines For Parade Boozers
At Wednesday's City Council meeting, Ald. Matt O'Shea proposed an ordinance that would increase fines for those caught drinking near parades, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
If you booze you might stand to loose a little more at next year's South Side Irish Parade. On Wednesday, Ald. Matt O'Shea proposed a new ordinance that would increase fines for those caught drinking within 200 feet of a parade, Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The minimum fine would increase from $100 to $500 and the maximum would jump from $500 to $1,000. The ordinance has direct ties to the South Side Irish Parade, and this year's chairman Joe Connolly helped draft it, the report states. In September Patch spoke with Connolly about plans for next year's parade. "We were thrilled with the quality of the parade last year," Connolly said. "It was definitely very family oriented, very safe and with little to no public …
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1:01 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
How about proposing additional activites or a fest that is a step above what was done at the art center? It seems clear that people are interested in more than a parade -maybe a mix between Fall on the Green and the fests that Irish American Center has. What does O'Shea do actually? You can't get a reply from his ward office. more ›