Wednesday, October 15, 2008

One Sherrif Takes a Nonviolent Stand

CNN's Campbell Brown's wrote:

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has announced that for the foreseeable future he is not going to evict anyone else from a home banks have foreclosed on.

How come? He's fed up.

The Chicago Sun Times reported that renters were being evicted because there landlords were in default on their mortgages. The owners had been notified, but they had not, in turn, notified the renters. He took a very tough, principled stand and faces repercussions himself.

Here's a video from CNN:


And an eloquent shout out from Rachel Maddow:

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