Steve Balich is Homer Township supervisor and has been a member of the Will County Board since 2012. | LinkedIn
Steve Balich is Homer Township supervisor and has been a member of the Will County Board since 2012. | LinkedIn
Homer Township will vote to send letters of opposition to Illinois General Assembly over HB 4640 when the body next meets, according to Steve Balich.
Balich is Homer Township supervisor and has been a member of the Will County Board since 2012.
“Homer Twp. Will be voting Feb.14th at the monthly meeting to send a letter in opposition,” he told the Will County Gazette.
Balich added that the items will be on the agenda for discussion at the next Will County Board meeting.
"This is a direct attack on our personal freedom and I will bring it up at the Will County Board meeting also. This is also an assault on the constitution and moves us forward into a dictatorship,” he said.
State Rep. Deb Conroy (D-Villa Park) is the bill's sponsor. It has received a great deal of criticism for its totalitarian tone.
Conroy's bill would provide the state the ability to "isolate or quarantine persons who are unable or unwilling to receive vaccines, medications, or other treatments."
Conroy's plan would give local health departments and state legislators formal legal authority to fully regulate the behavior of anyone who does not obey their COVID-19 limits and rules, including isolating and guarding them.
According to the text, local health departments can "adopt any rules" necessary, which might include internment-pike camps, which are now popular in Australia, where anyone judged a risk can be arrested and taken to "isolation camps" where they are held in rooms and fed just once a day.
Three fugitives from a Howard Spring camp were "captured."
Conroy is running for Chairman of the DuPage County Board of Commissioners.
Political commentators have pointed out that the bill's harsh language will hurt her chances of getting elected to the position, which pays approximn n n n ately $128,000 per year. Her yearly salary as a legislator is almost $70,0000 before other benefits.n n n n n n n
Illinois already has some of the most stringent COVID-19 regulations of any state.
Natural immunity provides better protection against COVID-19 than re-infection than vaccine, according to the CDC and Johns Hopkins University.
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