Earlier this year we told you about some problems with "colors" discrimination in the town of Dwight, Illinois. Motorcycle Clubs and biker bars were being targeted by a task force in Dwight.

The local clubs and the bar owners called several attorneys for help, including A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois Legal Services, the Confederation of Clubs and A.I.M., among others.

None of those called helped the targeted bikers. Frustrated, Linda McFarland of the RonDeVoo Tavern called Mike Hupy, since he had successfully negotiated a settlement in an accident case she had. Mike went to Dwight, met with the bar owners, bikers and bike clubs and city officials. Below is the fruit of those meetings.

Pro bono help for bikers courtesy of Bob Sumption and Mike Hupy.MFH

-----Original Message-----
From: RonDeVooTavern@aol.com [mailto:RonDeVooTavern@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:47 PM
To: Bob Sumption; Michael F. Hupy
Subject: Re: Meeting with Task Force

Hi!

We haven't met with them yet. They are leaving all of the bars in Dwight alone. One of the Dwight's finest told one of our bartenders that the Task Force is not going to come back to the Zoo because they are nervous about legal action.

The charges against our bartender's son, Dustin Leasure, were dropped. He was the one that was arrested for disorderly conduct and profanity in public on Saturday of Harvest Days. He showed up for his court appearance yesterday and they told him he did not even have to meet with the State's Attorney or stay for the court appearance.

I guess all we needed was that one phone call from Mike Hupy to get them off our backs. It will be interesting to see what happens in the spring when the bikes are running again. Is this proof that they know they overstepped their bounds?

There is talk about a protest run coming here. There is talk that the mayor will not be reelected because everyone knows he tried to interfere with everyone's constitutional rights. There is talk about the biggest M/C club reading my "newsletter." There is talk about it being reprinted in ABATE and HOG newsletters in other states.

Thanks for all of your help! I will keep you posted. For now we're letting the sleeping narcotic sniffing dog lie.

Linda