wazzle Posted June 16, 2020 at 12:45 AM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 12:45 AM https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-announces-grand-american-will-not-take-place-in-sparta-this-year/article_e7e65304-d3b6-5514-9abb-a5aa73e8ef7d.html#tracking-source=home-breaking Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragsbo Posted June 16, 2020 at 01:29 AM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 01:29 AM The local communities are going to lose a lot of money because of this. Bet it won't be back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fife Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:31 AM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:31 AM I heard there might be a Grand American World protest in Sparta this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markthesignguy Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:33 AM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:33 AM Man, is JB gonna sour the water for ANY Democrats down there, tee hee.... Madiganstan's foundations are crumbling under this dilettante. Ol' Mike might just have to dump another Governor into the klink. Remember, ultimately we escaped NY type concealed carry because Southern Illinois Democrat voters presented a credible risk to Ol' mikey's speakership.Too many D seats were in play in an environment where the red meat of carry or D seats turning R were the menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchDoctor Posted June 16, 2020 at 03:00 AM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 03:00 AM Man, is JB gonna sour the water for ANY Democrats down there, tee hee.... Madiganstan's foundations are crumbling under this dilettante. Ol' Mike might just have to dump another Governor into the klink. Remember, ultimately we escaped NY type concealed carry because Southern Illinois Democrat voters presented a credible risk to Ol' mikey's speakership.Too many D seats were in play in an environment where the red meat of carry or D seats turning R were the menu.I can only hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly B. Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:06 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:06 PM The man is tone deaf to economic needs of southern Illinois . . . there are ways to make this work. . . and it's in August 2 mos. away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanook Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:08 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:08 PM He's never had to earn a living in his life, so he can't understand the need for people to do so. Tone deaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfcreek Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:58 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 02:58 PM Yes !!!! but good news.His majesty is having the nathans hot dog eating contest moved to springfield.He will judge and also participate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctman800 Posted June 16, 2020 at 03:22 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 03:22 PM I doubt they will be back. Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted June 16, 2020 at 03:50 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 03:50 PM Yes !!!! but good news.His majesty is having the nathans hot dog eating contest moved to springfield.He will judge and also participateHe already proclaimed himself as the wiener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmyers Posted June 16, 2020 at 06:17 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 06:17 PM After a year without being able to do business, JB will close the complex because it is a draw on the State's budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagSlap Posted June 16, 2020 at 07:05 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 07:05 PM I heard there might be a Grand American World protest in Sparta this year. They are doing just that in North carolina.. North Carolina speedway shirks Dem gov, hosts thousands by declaring race night a ‘peaceful protest’ Ace Speedway in North Carolina reportedly welcomed 2,000-plus spectators on Saturday night after declaring itself as “a peaceful protest of injustice and inequality everywhere.” Lockdown-loving Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper is not happy because the event at the racetrack supposedly violates his phase 2 executive order that limits public gatherings to 25 people along with social distancing. Cooper, however, marched with protesters in Raleigh on June 1 apparently without abiding by social distancing guidelines. In the name of public health, governors primarily in blue states aggressively went after citizens who violated what amounted to house arrest during the coronavirus pandemic, but immediately abandoned concerns about mass gatherings as soon as the George Floyd protests heated up. According to the governor’s office which in a four-page letter encouraged the Alamance County Sheriff to intervene, the track located in Elon, N.C. allowed more than 2,000 fans into the venue on May 23, and held another race on May 30 in which more than 25 people showed up without face masks and were mingling close together. ...Unfortunately after they did it for a 3rd time...their lousy gov shut down the track completely...(But allows rioting...hypocrite much?)...https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/roy-cooper-another-hypocrite-governor-on-lockdown-restrictionsAce Speedway is a small business. The track holds about 4,000 people at full occupancy and was holding events at about half that by the time the governor stepped in and ordered it shut down. According to North Carolina Health Secretary Mandy Cohen, “We needed to take this action because mass gatherings do spread the virus.” Despite being outdoors, the raceway was only allowed to have 25 people in attendance, even after declaring by a sign out front that “this Event is held in Peaceful Protest of Injustice and Inequality Everywhere.” As Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson rightly noted, “What's the difference between them having a unity night to try and bring our community together after the shooting of Mr. George Floyd to work together to have some of these issues dealt with? That's no different than the governor marching with 2,000 people in downtown Raleigh.” Cooper, like other city and state leaders across the country, is trying to have the lockdown both ways. Cooper had to back down from allowing protesters supporting reopening to be arrested after acknowledging he couldn’t crack down on First Amendment rights. Yet, this didn’t extend to religious services, where the courts had to overrule him. Nor did it count for Ace Speedway, which had decided to hold a protest of its own. Cooper is still unsure about where to stand on several coronavirus restrictions. North Carolina restaurants are allowed to seat customers outdoors, but Cooper vetoed a bill that would grant bars the same privilege. Thousands can march in the streets of Raleigh and Charlotte, and Cooper will join them, but no more than 25 people are allowed at a racetrack, even one holding its own protest. North Carolina businesses shut down for months, with people losing their jobs and their livelihoods. As the nationwide protests have shown, the lockdown is over, and Gov. Cooper should start facilitating the return of his state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mab22 Posted June 16, 2020 at 10:07 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 10:07 PM The man is tone deaf to economic needs of southern Illinois . . . there are ways to make this work. . . and it's in August 2 mos. away He's never had to earn a living in his life, so he can't understand the need for people to do so. Tone deaf. That's all part of the plan to hurt the economy as much as possible.Trump had/has a good economy and we can't go back to that, anything to prevent the V shaped recovery, keep people scared and miserable, and out of work.Pritzker never believed in the shutdown, social distancing, otherwise he would not have left his family travel or he himself march with protestors in tight quarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragsbo Posted June 16, 2020 at 10:54 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 10:54 PM he is still trying to hold the state hostage to get a huge bail out from the feds, which I don't think will happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Illiniwek Posted June 16, 2020 at 11:32 PM Share Posted June 16, 2020 at 11:32 PM He could care less about anything but himself. He cancelled the State Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair by EO. I'm sure he couldn't be bothered with having to put in an appearance and be subjected to the deplorables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted June 17, 2020 at 12:56 AM Share Posted June 17, 2020 at 12:56 AM Ace Speedway is a small business. Somebody in NC owns it. Sparta Galactic Shooting Center is IDNR property: You and I own it, but Jonely Bonley controls it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markthesignguy Posted June 17, 2020 at 02:27 AM Share Posted June 17, 2020 at 02:27 AM He probably hopped up and down and hugged himself (or whomever thought of it) in joy once he figured out how to permanently kill the facility, "sticking it to the gunnies"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springfield shooter Posted June 17, 2020 at 03:03 AM Share Posted June 17, 2020 at 03:03 AM .....He cancelled the State Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair by EO..... Well, this year will break my streak. I think my wife and I had been to five IL State Fairs in a row. No butter cow. On a serious note, I'm sorry to see the vendors (and Springfield and the surrounding area) lose the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milesvdustin Posted June 17, 2020 at 03:05 AM Share Posted June 17, 2020 at 03:05 AM More like permanently kill all the tax revenue from people traveling here to spend money. Sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa Posted June 17, 2020 at 05:44 AM Share Posted June 17, 2020 at 05:44 AM It's going to be held in MO. this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crufflesmuth Posted June 17, 2020 at 02:23 PM Share Posted June 17, 2020 at 02:23 PM The man is tone deaf to economic needs of southern Illinois . . . there are ways to make this work. . . and it's in August 2 mos. away If you think it's bad down in Southern Illinois, it's worse in the NW Suburbs, they literally don't believe we exist except when it comes to election time. It's always the NorthShore and Chicago getting special treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTHunter Posted June 20, 2020 at 03:10 AM Share Posted June 20, 2020 at 03:10 AM He probably hopped up and down and hugged himself (or whomever thought of it) in joy once he figured out how to permanently kill the facility, "sticking it to the gunnies"...Like so many politicians in Springfield, they will say anything, do anything, to stay in power. If that includes screwing anything or anybody downstate, they won't hesitate to do so. And, considering how much they detest gun owners, and how mismanaged the ISP/FOID process has become, they will do whatever they can to stick it to gun owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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