Kathy Valente https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:23:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Kathy Valente https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: Should Illinois Legalize Recreational Marijuana? https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/02/spotlight-should-illinois-legalize-recreational-marijuana/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:00:49 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8728 Written by John Biver

Monte Larrick sits down with Oak Brook Police Chief James Kruger and Kathy Valente, the Director of Operations at Illinois Family Institute, to discuss the Cook County referendum on recreational marijuana, and marijuana legalization in Illinois. Chief Kruger also is the president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, strong opponents of the legalization of marijuana.

Listen to this week’s podcast here:

… Continue Reading ]]> 8728 “Should Illinois Legalize Recreational Marijuana?” (Illinois Family Spotlight #081) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-081/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:00:28 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=8717 Monte Larrick sits down with Kathy Valente, the Director of Operations at Illinois Family Institute, and Oak Brook Police Chief James Kruger to discuss the Cook County referendum on recreational marijuana, and marijuana legalization in Illinois. Chief Kruger also is the president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, who opposes the legalization of marijuana.

Voters in Cook County have an advisory referendum on the primary ballot in March asking them to give weigh in on whether the state should legalize recreational marijuana.… Continue Reading

]]> 8717 The Case Against Recreational Marijuana: Colorado https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/03/the-case-against-recreational-marijuana-colorado/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:30:24 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7376  

Written by Benjamin Smith

Last week, State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) introduced legislation to legalize recreational marijuana for anyone 21 years-old or older.  These bills (HB 2353 and SB 316) would not only legalize the sale and use of marijuana (possession limit of 28 grams which makes about 60 joints), but also allows people to grow marijuana in their homes or on property they own.  

That is why this week’s podcast is so very important.  … Continue Reading

]]> 7376 2016 Illinois GOP Platform Report https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/05/2016-illinois-gop-platform-report/ Mon, 23 May 2016 18:03:23 +0000 http://ifaction.wpengine.com/?p=6232 Written by David E. Smith 

The 2016 Illinois Republican Convention was held in Peoria this past weekend on Friday and Saturday. We are thrilled to report that leftists within the party failed to advance their agenda in the newly adopted 2016 Illinois GOP Platform.

If fact, Illinois Republicans strengthened the Right to Life plank in the platform and rejected an attempt to water down and distort the Marriage and Family plank!

THANK YOU to all of you who took time last week to contact the members of the platform committee and helped to spread the word of the attempt to subvert the Marriage and Family plank. … Continue Reading

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