Category Archives: Collinsville Illinois

Issues about where some people “reside”, but where I temporarily “live”. Collinsville, Illinois.

An Analysis of the Collinsville Yard Sale Permit Ordinance

  By Marc MkKoy | April 11, 2011 - 12:38 am | Collinsville Illinois, Legal Commentary
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To be clear, The Yard Sale Per­mit has noth­ing to do with the “Busi­ness License Ordi­nance” as the gen­tle­man stated in his inquiry to the City, and the City was cor­rect in their response to the same ques­tion. The yard sale ordi­nance actu­ally comes under Busi­ness License and Reg­u­la­tion. What is com­monly referred to as the Busi­ness License Ordi­nance is the Busi­ness Reg­is­tra­tion Ordi­nance. The Busi­ness License Ordi­nance is what I refused to sub­mit to as work­ing out of my home. That story is here. Read on… →

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How a non-resident who is not a US citizen can register to vote.

  By Marc MkKoy | December 26, 2010 - 12:35 pm | Collinsville Illinois, Featured
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I took the card and where I saw the words “US cit­i­zen” I drew a line through them and drew a line off to the side and wrote “Amer­i­can”. Where the words “res­i­dent” appeared I did the same thing, replac­ing them with the word “inhab­i­tant”. Where the phrase “State of Illi­nois” appeared I replaced with “Illi­nois”. She was not amused. I then pro­ceeded to read the “oath” as I had amended. Read on… →

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The Collinsville, Illinois Business License Ordinance

  By Marc MkKoy | October 14, 2010 - 12:24 pm | Collinsville Illinois, Featured
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McCoy Letter to Herald for Business License

Sub­se­quent to those con­ver­sa­tions, I appeared at a City Coun­cil meet­ing after over 2 years hav­ing passed since I refused to pro­cure a busi­ness license. Dur­ing that meet­ing, I demanded an inter­pre­ta­tion on the applic­a­bil­ity of the ordi­nance and if I were so oblig­ated, then the City should arrest, pros­e­cute, and fine me to the tune of over $233,000. Read on… →

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Part II of the Collinsville Attempt at Crime Free — But You Don’t Need to Know

  By Marc MkKoy | October 12, 2010 - 12:26 pm | Political Commentary, Social Commentary, Theft through "Occupancy and Safety".
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As cor­po­rate coun­sel, Steve Gia­co­letto told me, (para­phras­ing), “They pass bad law all the time, but it is still law until some­one chal­lenges it.” There you go. Straight from the horses mouth. Read on… →

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The real slumlords — Government leading by example

  By Marc MkKoy | October 8, 2010 - 7:26 pm | Political Commentary, Social Commentary, Theft through "Occupancy and Safety".
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The City of Collinsville, Illi­nois recently aban­doned an ordi­nance which would have forced land­lords to open their ten­ants doors and pri­vate lives to gov­ern­ment inter­ven­tion and inspec­tion; requir­ing ten­ants to apply for and receive a occu­pancy per­mit to inhabit an apart­ment. It would also have forced pri­vate home own­ers toit gets bet­ter. Read on… →

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The Aim to Repeal Home Rule for Collinsville

  By Marc MkKoy | October 1, 2010 - 2:07 am | Collinsville Illinois, Featured, Theft through "Occupancy and Safety"., Using "Their" Law to Fight Back
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The peo­ple of Collinsville just recently avoided a dra­con­ian Occu­pancy Per­mit Ordi­nance and Crime Free Ordi­nance thanks to the com­bined efforts of local activists and con­cerned cit­i­zens. This issue is not over by any stretchy of the imag­i­na­tion. The pro­po­nents of this ordi­nance are regroup­ing and craft­ing a new ordi­nance as I type. They are tak­ing all of the input from the dis­senters and mas­sag­ing the legalese to work on fears and prej­u­dices of the masses. Read on… →

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The People of Collinsville avoid the Occupancy Permit Ordiance, but Landlords Still in the Crosshairs — Next Step.….

  By Marc MkKoy | September 30, 2010 - 1:50 am | Featured, Theft through "Occupancy and Safety".
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Mr. Hel­lige is quite the lit­tle fas­cist. He serves on the board and has been try­ing to get this ordi­nance passed for some 15 years or so. He accused the land­lords of “…try­ing to make a dime off the res­i­dents.…” It sounds like Mr. Hel­lige is describ­ing the method­ol­ogy of gov­ern­ment with its taxes and fees; try­ing to make a dime off the res­i­dents. Read on… →

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Collinsville Health & Safety/Crime Free Ordinance — An Analysis of Theft by Fear

  By Marc MkKoy | September 24, 2010 - 1:30 am | Legal Commentary, Theft through "Occupancy and Safety".
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Pos­sess­ing the Per­mit gives them addi­tional author­ity to vio­late many aspects of the 4th Amend­ment because you have essen­tially given them per­mis­sion when you applied for and received the per­mit. The best advice is, if you cher­ish your pri­vacy and 4th Amend­ment pro­tec­tion, is to not apply for the per­mit and stand your ground in court. Read on… →

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Collinsville Perceives Self-Defense to be a Threat of Violence

  By Mark McCoy | May 23, 2010 - 9:27 am | Collinsville Illinois, Declaration of Sovereignty
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On Jan­u­ary 3, 2008, the City of Collinsville, Illi­nois received my Dec­la­ra­tion, as evi­denced by the return receipt for cer­ti­fied mail. Below is the FOIA request I sub­mit­ted to Collinsville. Read on… →

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An analysis of the proposed Occupancy Code for Collinsville, Illinois

  By Mark McCoy | May 18, 2010 - 7:11 am | Abusive Government, Commentary and Opinion, Legal Commentary, Legal Tidbits, Theft through "Occupancy and Safety".
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“Per­son means any nat­ural per­son; firm; joint ven­ture, includ­ing all par­tic­i­pants; part­ner­ship, includ­ing all part­ners; asso­ci­a­tion, social club, or fra­ter­nal orga­ni­za­tion, includ­ing all offi­cers and direc­tors; cor­po­ra­tion, includ­ing all offi­cers, direc­tors and sig­nif­i­cant stock­hold­ers; estate; trust; busi­ness trust; receiver; or any other group or com­bi­na­tion act­ing as a unit.” Read on… →

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