[Cprb] Contacting Urbana City Council members

[John Wason]

At 01:18 PM 10/14/03 -0700, Ricky Baldwin wrote:

>This discussion is very encouraging, in my opinion.  I
>meant to say so sooner.  And, sure, I'd be willing to
>meet with whoever wants to sit and talk about this
>face-to-face.  I meant to say that sooner, too.  
>
>But I think John's point is pretty much on the mark. 
>The best part, again in my opinion, about 'grassroots'
>initiatives is not that a bunch of us activists can
>push something through a city council, but that it's
>an opportunity for a community to work together in a
>more concretely democratic way, building the broadest
>possible coalitions along the way.
>
>There seems to be a lot of good energy here, so I can
>see no reason this can't happen.  Thanks again, folks,
>for doing this.
>
>Ricky


>> At 08:52 AM 10/10/03 -0500, Walling, Jennifer wrote:
>> 
>> >Hi everyone,  
>> >
>> >A couple of things.  Last night I spoke with Laura Huth about the CPRB and
>> >she gave me some tips to how we should proceed.  She said that first, we
>> >should talk with Ruth Wyman.  I live in Ruth's ward, so I figure I could
>> >contact her and set up a meeting?  If I tried to set it up for October 20
>> >or 21 (the day we don't meet), who else would be able to go?  I'll try to
>> >figure out her availability in the next couple of weeks.  And then she
said
>> >to use the following order - Danielle, Esther, Laura, Milton Otto, Joe
>> >Whelan.  And she thought that we should contact Ken Pirok in Champaign
>> >right away to set up a meeting.  Does anyone live in his district?  and
>> >John Paul, Elaine will answer your concern about the NAACP soon.  
>> >
>> >-jen 

I'm just noticing here for the first time that Laura Huth placed herself
fourth on the contact list, which would seem to indicate lukewarm support
at best.  And Jim Hayes - the one black alderman, incidentally - has been
left off the list altogether.

John