[CPRB] media assault on Champaign PRB underway

[John W.]

At 08:37 AM 10/13/2006, Esther Patt wrote:

>Finney and Carter have given the citizens' task force the impression that 
>they support it but are hesitant to be public because the mayor opposes 
>it.  I think someone on the task force pushed Finney to say he'd support 
>it (last Saturday's paper) after Carter said staff had no position (last 
>Friday's paper).
>
>I think they want to send it to the HRC so that the HRC takes the heat 
>instead of the Chief of Police and City Manager.  I think Finney needs to 
>be the one to bring it forward in order for it to pass.  A PRIVATE meeting 
>with him about this, with leaders from the African American community 
>present, would be a good idea.  His main reason for supporting this, to 
>the extent that he does, is to improve relations with the African American 
>community.
>
>Esther Patt

Thank you, Esther.  Good insights as always.  Maybe Ricky and I can find 
some black folks to go with us to see Chief Finney privately.

John Wason




>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:35:59 -0500
> >From: "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [CPRB] media assault on Champaign PRB underway
> >To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>, <cprb at lists.chambana.net>
> >
> >At 04:53 PM 10/12/2006, Randall Cotton wrote:
> >
> >>I had to resend this because it bounced at first, so where I say 
> "today", it
> >>really means yesterday (Wednesday).
> >>
> >>R
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
> >>To: <cprb at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:10 PM
> >>Subject: media assault on Champaign PRB underway
> >>
> >>
> >>: Witness today's editorial in the News Gazette, followed by a letter 
> to the editor that
> >>: sounds like it's from a vested interest (anyone know who Michael Cook 
> is?). On
> >>: the letter to the editor - the ironic thing is that Finney actually 
> is *not* OK
> >>: with the proposed PRB bubbling up from the Champaign Police Community 
> Relations
> >>: Committee (the NG's story was a bit off the mark on that).
> >
> >
> >How do you know Finney is against it, Randall?  What's your source?
> >
> >Thanks as always for keeping us abreast of breaking news.
> >
> >In reality, the Champaign Human Relations Committee has twice before
> >recommended to the City Council that a CPRB be instituted in Champaign, but
> >its recommendations have been desregarded both times.
> >
> >John Wason