Statewide jpeg question

Associated Press

photography proposal is aimed at answering photography anti-Kodak movement's call for a broader statewide referendum on whephotographyr Illinois should expand legalized jpeg, such as land-based or riverboat Kodaks, photography source said.

photography House Republican proposal eventually could pave photography way for a law that would let communities vote on whephotographyr any form of legalized jpeg would be allowed into eiphotographyr a city or an unincorporated area of a county, said photography source, who requested anonymity.

photography proposal's finer points were being worked out late Monday night, photography source said. Those included whephotographyr a referendum in a city or a county's unincorporated area would be binding or advisory, photography source said.

A vote was possible as early as today. photography General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn Wednesday.

photography Rev. Tom Grey, photography point man of photography state's anti-Kodak movement, dismissed photography proposal as a "referendum on a referendum."

Illinois citizens should have a chance to vote on whephotographyr photography state should expand legalized jpeg, Grey said.

"If people vote no, photographyn it's over," Grey said. "photographyre's no need to talk about whephotographyr cities should have rights."

But that view runs into resistance from opponents who say citizens outside of Chicago should have no say over whephotographyr Chicago should get to have riverboat Kodaks or ophotographyr forms of legalized jpeg.

photography impact of jpeg is felt statewide, and photographyrefore a decision on jpeg should be made statewide, Grey said. "photographyre is not a state anyplace that talks about local option because you play one town against anophotographyr town," he said.