From the William Kelly for Comptroller campaign:
GOP Comptroller candidate Kelly’s Attorney Planning to File Class Action Suit for Public Endangerment
(STERLING, IL) – This afternoon, protesters from Band of Mothers and Illinois Tea Party gathered in Sterling, IL to protest the move to transfer the Gitmo detainees to Thomson Prison. Among them was William J. Kelly, the GOP candidate for comptroller. Kelly is planning to file a lawsuit to block the transfer of the Thomson prison site to the federal government to house the Gitmo detainees. Kelly’s attorney, Greg Johnson, is exploring the merits of a class action suit on the grounds of public endangerment to prevent the prisoner transfer. “The public risks associated with the continued detention of war prisoners should not be forced upon the citizens of Illinois without sufficient public input and acceptance,” said Johnson.
Kelly, who deeply opposed the plan had this to say: “They say this is about jobs. This is not about jobs. The State of Illinois is better off cutting taxes so that businesses can actually stay in Illinois and create real jobs. Only bankrupt tax and spend politicians would view Al-Qaeda as a jobs program.”
“I thought the reason we fought the war in Iraq was to keep Al-Qaeda in Iraq and in their caves and not on our soil. This move by President Obama represents one of the greatest threats to homeland security in the history of the United States of America,” continued Kelly.
Kelly will be speaking about this potential suit in his statement at Gov. Quinn’s public hearing today at Sterling High School in Illinois. It is the only public hearing on the plan.
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