1. Attend city council meeting tonight
Tonight will afford citizens their first opportunity to respond to the three investigative reports about the shady manner in which Planned Parenthood built its abortion mill in Aurora and Mayor Tom Weisner’s hasty response.
Preceding that will be picket heaven. Eric Scheidler has called for a pro-life rally at 5p. Also, police (“hundreds” according to OpenlineBlog) will be protesting against the Mayor because they are working without a contract, and the pink PP’s will likely show for another of their adolescent abortion pep rallies….

I’ll be there to report on the fracas, so come join it.
2. Questions, questions
Eric has listed quite a few doozy questions pro-lifers might ask during their signed-up comment times tonight during the City Council meeting. Here are the first 5. Read the rest on page 2.

Why did the mayor announce his decision to let PP open before anyone in the community got to see the investigation reports?

Why weren’t the aldermen consulted at all before this decision was announced?

Why were the aldermen included in the process of launching the investigation if they were only to be ignored in the end?

Why was Richard Martens told to complete his report after he had been replaced at the request of several aldermen?

Why was Kane County States Attorney John Barsanti asked to look for criminal fraud when none was ever alleged?

3. Analyzing the investigators and mayor
Eric has analyzed the three investigative reports by attorney Phillip Luetkehans, attorney Richard Martens, and Kane Co. State Attorney John Barsanti about the manner in which Planned Parenthood built its abortion mill in Aurora.
Eric also evaluated Mayor Tom Weisner’s rapid response.
Eric’s report contains helpful information. Based on it, I need to correct a previous point I made. I said none of the three addressed the nonprofit medical building zoning issue. Most know PP, a nonprofit entity, created Gemini LLC, a for-profit entity, to hide behind while planning with the city and building. Doing so allowed PP to avoid stringent zoning requirements like public hearings and votes before it built.
But according to Eric’s report, Luetkehans submitted an amended report I did not receive, which briefly addressed that issue. The underscore is not mine. It was Luetkehans’, meaning it was a new addition:

It has recently come to my attention that some property owners believe that the Special Use requirement for “Social service agencies, charitable organizations, health-related facilities, meeting halls and similar uses when not operated for profit in and [sic] use district” (herinafter “Social Service Agency”) should require a Special Use hearing. This Special Use is not defined anywhere in the Zoning Ordinance and, hence, is not as specific as the Medical Clinic and Medical Center definitions. Any ambiguity in zoning ordinances must be found in favor of the applicant. Given the lack of definition for Social Service Agency and the definitions for Medical Clinic, Medical Center and Hospital, the ambiguity would have to be looked at as stating that the planned use is akin to either a Hospital or Medical Clinic.

Part of Eric’s response:

Now, I’m not a lawyer, but it seems to me that Luetkehans’ assertion that the Special Use in question is not defined anywhere is debunked by the very passage of the Zoning Ordinance that he quotes. And what’s “ambiguous” about a “health related facility . . . not operated for profit”?

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More citizen questions:

Will anyone in Aurora ever be able to trust any promise that Mayor Weisner makes again, about anything?