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28 Oct 6:30 pm
... Cubs games. However, IL has now found another not so useful feature of craigslist. From CNN: Cook County Sherriff Tom Dart wants the popular website to eliminate its "erotic services" section. Dart states that Craigslist serves as ...
verifications to make sure real phone numbers are being used in the ads, and also imposing a listing fee for posting in that section. Dart
responded to the measures imposed by craigslist by saying it is " dirty money" and that pimps use stolen credit cards or just post ...
9 Oct, 2008 9:24 pm
... sure justice is done. We shouldn't be going about destroying people's lives by winging it. " - Sheriff Tom Dart Sheriff Tom Dart of Cook County, Illinois is making headlines this
week with his refusal to evict innocent tenants from foreclosed rental ... , in fact, bring negative consequences. Knowing that, and doing it anyway? That's the stuff of which heroes
are made. Sheriff Dart's decision will add to the national discussion on this crisis, and for that, I'm calling him a Consumer Advocate Hero.
9 Oct, 2008 1:13 pm
... CNN radio while driving into work this morning. Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff, Tom Dart was
explaining that he is refusing to evict tenants whose landlords were foreclosed on ... Cook County don't have to worry about deputies forcing them out. Sheriff Tom Dart says that starting Thursday his office won't take part in ... has been faithfully paying rent. AP Story. As
much as I agree with Sheriff Dart that something should be done to protect tenants in this situation, I strongly disagree with his refusal ...
21 Oct, 2008 3:49 pm
I wrote here about Tom Dart earlier - the Cook County sheriff who refused to carry out foreclosure
evictions against tenants because the owners of the notes being foreclosed were not consistently complying with the required notice provision in Illinois law. These tenants would come
home and find their belongings on the front yard, apparently that being the first notice they received. The Sheriff's Office just sent out this email to those who, like me, wrote to the
sheriff ...
28 Apr, 2008 7:18 am
... June 20 to buy the property without penalty. The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau is funding the option agreement. Mayor Tom Leppert
said that despite the delay, he believes the plan for a convention center hotel is still on track. Conceptually, such a ... compile the data in an online, searchable database. "It puts
more transparency in the election process," Mr. Leppert said. DART board The council also delayed for a month a controversial vote over Dallas'
last open seat on the Dallas Area ...
10 Oct, 2008 4:07 pm
... 's office. She and other renters had wanted to meet with Sheriff Tom Dart to complain about
deputies tossing people out of their homes because banks ... Dolton from her foreclosed bungalow. In a statement, attorneys for the mortgage lender said although Dart may have concerns about the orders he is charged with enforcing, he cannot refuse ... General Assembly from 1993 to 2003, and made an unsuccessful run
for state treasurer. Dart then joined the sheriff's department as Sheriff Michael Sheahan's chief ...
5 Mar 2:07 pm
... ), unless the site's very purpose is illegal. Presumably plenty of people use Craigslist for unpaid hookups that are entirely legal, unless Dart also intends to enforce antiquated sodomy and cohabitation laws in the future. The other exception to this shield is for violations of federal ...
complaint. If you live in Chicago, note the multiple references to "the Sheriff's constant surveillance of Craigslist's erotic services," and consider how Tom Dart uses his time when next you have an election.
22 Oct 5:26 pm
Law-and-order Midwestern sheriff Tom Dart thinks the Internet is to blame for prostitution,* so he
sued Craigslist to halt its flesh-peddling "erotic services" ads. But as we so sagely predicted, the ... 's remaining allegations plainly treat Craigslist as the publisher or speaker of
information created by its users. Like the plaintiff in Chicago Lawyers, Sheriff Dart may continue to use Craigslist's website to identify and
pursue individuals who post allegedly unlawful content. Although the good ...
21 Oct 3:16 pm
... court tossed a lawsuit against craigslist over erotic advertisements. In March, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart alleged that craigslist was
liable for the illegal ads posted by its users in its "erotic services" (now "adult services") ... third parties. On Tuesday, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
agreed with craigslist, throwing out Dart's complaint in its entirety, confirming that Section 230 immunized craigslist from the allegation
that it constituted a "public nuisance." ...
5 Mar 8:07 pm
... has announced that his office is suing Craigslist, calling it "the single largest source of prostitution in the nation." From the Chicago Tribune: Dart also asked the judge to force the online classifieds company to reimburse the sheriff's department for the approximately $100,000 it has spent pursuing
its Craigslist investigation over the past year. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announcing a lawsuit
against Craigslist. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune) He added later, "I could make ...
9 Oct, 2008 2:31 am
... "We will no longer be a party to something that's so unjust," a visibly angry Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said at a news conference. "We have to be sure that when we are doing this - and we are destroying some people's lives ... a court affidavit that proves
the home's occupant is either the owner or has been properly notified of the foreclosure proceedings. Dart is believed to be the first Sheriff
in the country to institute such a policy. "My job as sheriff is to follow court orders, absolutely," ...
30 Mar 8:27 pm
... .com to sell their bodies." The dark side of Dr. Phil more like it. Don't these people have anything better to talk about? Here's a link to Dr. Phil's conversation with Cook County
Sheriff Tom Dart about his ridiculous lawsuit against Craigslist. Your tolerance for self righteous
drivel better be higher than mine. Dr Phil talks Lawyer Tom Posted in Company News, Lawsuits Tagged: Craigslist prostitution, Dr. Phil, sex
ads, Tom Dart
9 Mar 8:38 am
Sheriff Tom Dart of Cook County, IL, has civilly sued Craigslist over the Internet site's Erotic
Listings. The suit seems a bit unusual as there is no indication that Dart is planning to run for higher office. Dart believes that...
27 Jan, 2007 7:27 am
... civil and criminal -- in Cook County Circuit Court. He has appeared in courtrooms at the Daley Center, the Criminal Courts Building and branch courts such as Maywood and Skokie,
according to Sheriff Tom Dart's office. He even did business in Indiana. "This guy has been
representing clients for at least a year," said Penny Mateck, a spokeswoman for Dart. Judge John Kirby at the Criminal Courts Building caught
on to Robotis, Mateck said. On Jan. 16, Robotis ...
5 Feb, 2008 7:24 am
... trying to lobby both the federal and provincial governments to deal with the issue of judicial resources, says section chair Tom
Dart, as those within the section sense that the commitment to the family court has either "disappeared or been put on a ... in many regions of
this province, and that's by appointing more judges as quickly as possible," he says. ...As an example, Dart says there is currently a
five-month delay in processing uncontested divorces and case conferences are being booked four ...
30 Oct, 2008 7:09 am
... how a 60 year sentence would work this way. So what happened back in 1980? "We are very puzzled why there was a rush to judgment," Dart
said this morning, referring to the disposition of the 1980 case. "We are absolutely convinced that this is the truth of what happened in 1980." Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said investigators believe Rice (right), now 54, purposely struck 11- year-old Edwin Gulbransen as he was
riding his bicycle ...
3 Dec, 2008 5:20 pm
... face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life. The maximum fine would be $4 million. Cook County Sheriff Tom
Dart called the alleged behavior "absolutely reprehensible." "The responsibility of watching over jail inmates is an important one and it's a
shame ... take that responsibility more seriously," he said in a statement. Each of those charged has been suspended with pay pending a hearing next week, Dart said. "That step will then lead to a request for termination," he said.
11 Dec, 2008 3:06 pm
... 't have anywhere else to go," Jones told the television news station. Jones is the third sheriff to refuse to process eviction orders, with Cook County, Illinois sheriff
Tom Dart refusing to process eviction orders on tenant earlier this year; Dart's quibble, however, was with the process of notifying tenants of a pending eviction, many of whom he said had no idea they were being thrown out while
their landlord was skimming ...
15 May 7:09 am
"Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is not yet ready to drop his lawsuit against Craigslist. That's despite
the Website's announcement that it's taking extra steps to filter out ads for prostitution. Dart spokesperson Steve Patterson says the sheriff
is "cautiously optimistic" Craigslist will follow through. PATTERSON: We've heard promises from Craigslist before about changes they would make, promises to ...
18 May 5:40 am
... criminal prosecution in several jurisdictions over its erotic services section, including by Henry McMaster, Attorney General for South Carolina. Tom Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, has called the site the largest source of prostitution in America, and
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has referred to the site as "an Internet brothel." Sheriff Dart has filed a lawsuit against Craiglist to
take down the erotic services section. AG Cuomo issued a statement following ...
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