DU this Poll... AGAIN!!!

[OneAngryDemocrat]

For the third time in five days, the Sauk Valley Newspapers in northwestern Illinois have ditched polling results which they didn't like, and re-asked the same poll question with slight word changes.

First, the Sauk Valley Newspapers in North Western Illinois scrapped the a poll which resoundingly showed that Americans wanted Gitmo Bay detainees to be brought to justice!

Then they ditched a poll which asked if Gitmo Bay detainees should be housed at the Thomson, Illinois prison.

And now they have ditched THAT poll, and re-asked the same question... again... with slight language changes: ''How do you feel about the possibility of military trials being held for terrorist suspects in Thomson prison, if the feds bring Gitmo detainees there?''

Yes - the question IS different - but, let's be honest, it really isn't.

Why does it all matter?

Why this paper?

Why these polls?

It matters because the Thomson prison is located in the very same area in which the Sauk Valley Newspapers draw their readers.

For several years, now, the Thomson Correctional Center, a super maximum security facility in North Western Illinois, has been sitting vacant.

The state of Illinois, additionally, has a budget deficit in the tens of billions of dollars - which is why the prison has been sitting empty.

The location where this prison is located has an unemployment rate of over 13%.

Bringing the Gitmo Bay detainees to Illinois would finally afford these prisoners their day in court, as well as bring needed jobs, and revenue to the area.

Support justice...

Support local jobs...

Support our President...

Scroll half-way down the page, and look for the poll on the right-hand side of your screen.

http://www.saukvalley.com /

[Oceansaway]

1. .

I support the trials 74%

I oppose them 21%

Not sure 2%

No opinion 3%

58 participants in total.

[madrchsod]

2. the newspaper editors are having a shit fit ....

because their readers are`t buying manzullo bullshit. i was born here 62 years ago and every generation of the shaw family has`t changed a bit.hell the family did`t endorse ronald reagan.

the shaw family still have`t figured out that the area is changing around them...

[murielm99]

3. Which Shaw generation is running the papers now?

For some reason, my oldest daughter seems to cross paths with them quite frequently. She went to IMSA with the daughter, and was an undergrad at Lawrence with the son.

Are the thirty-somethings involved with the paper?

The Shaws bought the hometown papers in Ogle County in the eighties. When the whole "60 Minutes" brouhaha broke here in Polo, one of the Shaws was running the paper here. He only added fuel to the fire.

[murielm99]

4. Now that idiot Bivins has put in his two cents. n/t