Our business was located in the 18th and Vine district, and we trained and gave jobs to many people. On Jan. 1, Hallmark suddenly ended its relationship with us after closing its subsidiary Ensemble without much warning. Our company had no choice but to lay off all of our employees despite Hallmark claiming it would continue working with us and it was just a corporate restructuring. As of today, Hallmark has completely ended its relationship with us. She is also indignant that Illinois' taxpayers must continue to pay for the care of the inmates in question.
Life is sacred, yes, but so are the rights of every American citizen.
And that is simply too high a price for us to pay. Oh, and please bring your sport court. My messy, noisy kids, their parents, and their neighbors would love it. But these are for the most part quite survivable conditions under proper treatment. Since chickens do not spread this disease, but beef does, it is not an unduly alarmist measure to avoid the consumption of beef in restaurants of countries where BSE has been identified in livestock.