<div dir="ltr"><br><br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">William Kyles</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:williamkyles2@yahoo.com">williamkyles2@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:14pt">
<div><span>Goal setting is this coming Tuesday and Wednesday. Goal setting time is important because it serves as the general direction that the City will go in the next 2 years. Included are two ways that you can be involved. You can attend the meetings in person and/or complete the survey:</span></div>
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Meeting Agenda</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,"new york",times,serif;font-size:19px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://archive.ci.champaign.il.us/archive/dsweb/Get/Document-12792/2013-10-08%20Council%20Goal%20Setting%20Agenda.pdf" target="_blank">http://archive.ci.champaign.il.us/archive/dsweb/Get/Document-12792/2013-10-08%20Council%20Goal%20Setting%20Agenda.pdf</a><br>
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Survey</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,"new york",times,serif;font-size:19px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://ci.champaign.il.us/2013/09/12/champaign-city-council-begins-goal-setting-process-welcomes-citizen-input-2/" target="_blank">http://ci.champaign.il.us/2013/09/12/champaign-city-council-begins-goal-setting-process-welcomes-citizen-input-2/</a><br>
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<hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Craig Walker <<a href="mailto:cjwinla@aol.com" target="_blank">cjwinla@aol.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:cjwinla@aol.com" target="_blank">cjwinla@aol.com</a>; <a href="mailto:williamkyles2@yahoo.com" target="_blank">williamkyles2@yahoo.com</a>; <a href="mailto:onoble3@gmail.com" target="_blank">onoble3@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:kensalo@illinois.edu" target="_blank">kensalo@illinois.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:willie_comer@comcast.net" target="_blank">willie_comer@comcast.net</a>; <a href="mailto:byroncl@gmail.com" target="_blank">byroncl@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:jbrown1038@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbrown1038@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:smsmith3@illinois.edu" target="_blank">smsmith3@illinois.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:mcworter@illinois.edu" target="_blank">mcworter@illinois.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:haqq1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">haqq1@yahoo.com</a>; <a href="mailto:hunter9@illinois.edu" target="_blank">hunter9@illinois.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:neely@illinois.edu" target="_blank">neely@illinois.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:axjames@illinois.edu" target="_blank">axjames@illinois.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:bryanthoggard@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bryanthoggard@yahoo.com</a>; <a href="mailto:cevans@dmbgc-cu.org" target="_blank">cevans@dmbgc-cu.org</a>;
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:don.gerard@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">don.gerard@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:Will.Kyles@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">Will.Kyles@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:Michael.Ladue@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">Michael.Ladue@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:vic.mcintosh@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">vic.mcintosh@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:marci.dodds@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">marci.dodds@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:paul.faraci@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">paul.faraci@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:tom.bruno@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">tom.bruno@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:deb.feinen@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">deb.feinen@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:karen.foster@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">karen.foster@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:dorothy.david@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">dorothy.david@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:joan.walls@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank">joan.walls@ci.champaign.il.us</a>; <a href="mailto:Anthony.cobb@champaign.ci.il.us" target="_blank">Anthony.cobb@champaign.ci.il.us</a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 3, 2013 9:46 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: Community Alert ! Strategic Plan for Champaign Police Department <br> </font> </div>
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</font><div><font style="background-color:transparent">As many of you know the community coalition has been a positive initiative connecting the community with the Champaign police department and have walked with many of you during the Walk as One in Garden Hills and other events. </font></div>
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<div>Over the past few days I have been contacted by some community members expressing shock that Stig Lannesskog was conducting the presentation on the Strategic Plan for the Champaign Police Department. </div>
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<div>As a refresher, Stig is the former school board President at Unit 4. During his short tenure as President he oversaw bond transactions that previously had minority participation but under his tenure he had zero participation. He handed out approximately $500,000 in no bid contracts with zero diversity of firms to Champaign Telephone whose owner Mike Hosier, is a former Champaign City Council member and whose major distinction while on Council was to be the leading advocate against the establishment of Dr.. ML King Jr birthday as a holiday. </div>
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<div>In addition after the April elections of 2013 when the African American community had a record turnout, instead of reaching out to the community and offering support for Jamar Brown as VP of the School Board, Stig supported his buddy Scott McAdam and tried to defeat Jamar in his efforts. That whole shenanigan led to the new Board voting Stig out as President and in less than 45 days he quit the school board. </div>
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<div>It is quite appalling and completely disrespectful to the people of color for this organization and the City to be utilizing Stig within the police department. This man has been openly hostile to the African American community, attended no events in our community during his tenure as board president, practiced exclusion of minorities in contracts, and quit when his power to reward his good ole buddys like Mr. Hosier with lucrative no-bid contracts went away.</div>
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<div>Now it is necessary for our radar to go completely up. We are asking the City to provide an accounting as to the process utilized to select Stig in this capacity, provide information on what his role is formulating the Champaign Police strategic plan, and what steps the City's plan is to remove him from the dialogue with the African American community vis a vis the Champaign Police Department. </div>
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<div>This man quit on our kids, he shut out our opportunities, and he associated and gave business to one of the most racist individuals to ever serve on the City Council. </div>
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<div>Quite simply we refuse to work with him. I have talked to enough leaders as well as know many of their hearts to know that we will never do business with this man. </div>
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<div>I know he is a close associate of Deb Feinen's and she served as his attorney in his disputed election the first time he ran. So is the City turning into one big revolving door to hire buddies of the right wing faction of the City Council ? </div>
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<div>This will not go away. I suggest a meeting with NAACP head Patricia Avery, a minister from the Clergy, and a member of the North end Breakfast Club and the appropriate City Officials to answer these questions about Stig's involvement in the Champaign Police Department and how he was selected to play that role prior to the presentation being made. </div>
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<div>We will not deal with people who quit on our kids, does business with former elected officials who lobbied, advocated and voted against the ML King Holiday , and has a track record equal to F in our community when he served as Champaign Schools Board President. </div>
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<div>His involvement changes the whole tone and trust of the Community Walk As One and the gains we have made at the Champaign Police Department. and community relations and for that I am deeply disappointed and personally hurt because of all of the good work that has been done to date. </div>
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<div>We look forward to the response from the City of Champaign</div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
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<div>Craig Walker </div>
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From: Craig Walker <<a href="mailto:cjwinla@aol.com" target="_blank">cjwinla@aol.com</a>><br clear="none">
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Sent: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 4:39 pm<br clear="none">
Subject: Re: Community Alert ! Black Dog restaurant scheduled to receive tax rebates<br clear="none">
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</font><div><font style="background-color:transparent">To the Council members and Staff,</font></div>
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<div>I just read in the News Gazette about a Black Dog restaurant contemplating opening in downtown Champaign and it quoted TJ Blakeman as saying a food and beverage tax and sales tax rebate are being contemplated. </div>
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<div>While we can appreciate Black Dog opening in downtown Champaign to utilize these taxes would be a gross negligence of duty to approve. The restaurant will not generate significant new customer traffic and instead would be pulling customers from existing businesses that are paying the F&B and Sales tax. So the net result will be a decrease in overall F&B and Sales tax receipts to the City. </div>
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<div>What is even more appalling is that it is my understanding Mayor Gerard is championing this cause to exempt this restaurant from their taxes and yet he was the leading advocate to not exempt the churches from the storm water tax. Seems to be it is Mayor Gerard's policy to help white business owners while ignoring the needs of the black churches and business owners. </div>
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<div>Pickens Chicken just opened a restaurant on north 4th street. Did TJ Blakeman contact them about getting a F&B tax rebate ? Did Mayor Gerard champion them for city assistance ? Of course not. In fact of all the tax rebates considered and approved since Mayor Gerard took office not one has gone to an African American entity or neighborhood. </div>
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<div>And all you " Conservative Republicans " on the Council , Bruno, Feinen, McIntosh, do you believe in limited government except when your buddies like Alan Nudo a known Republican operative, is seeking government rebates on taxes ?</div>
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<div>To the community I want to demonstrate to you very clearly Mayor Gerard does not fight for our community on important issues like exempting our churches on the stormwater taxes but will fight for his buddies like Carlos Nieto, the owners of Black Dog and Doug Larson to receive tax rebates/city services that are not available to the community.</div>
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<div>I urge the members of Council who are independent in their thinking and rational as to the loss of revenue to the City when revenue is precious to reject this request from Black Dog Restaurant. Any attempt by staff to characterize such a rebate to Black Dog as revenue neutral is not correct and a blatant distortion of the facts. </div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
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<div>Craig Walker </div>
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Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 5:40 pm<br clear="none">
Subject: Re: Community Alert ! FOIA request denied<br clear="none">
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</font><div><font style="background-color:transparent">Community Members, </font></div>
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<div>If you have a chance watch last Tuesday's City Council meeting on tape please do so. . One thing I observed while I was there is that the Council members were writing notes to each other as opposed to discussing the issues in the public forum. </div>
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<div>I immediately submitted a Freedom of Information request of those notes written to each other. I have attached the denial letter and as usual there is a distortion of facts as the letter says they were writing notes to themselves but it was actually to each other. </div>
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<div>More significant is this is another clear example of the City led by Mayor Gerard will do anything to operate in secret, withhold information from FOIA requests, disseminate misinformation about what is going on, and deny the people of their rights in accordance with FOIA laws. </div>
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<div>The City just lost a lawsuit on this issue to the News Gazette but it has not deterred them from acting like a secret organization exempt from the laws of our State. I have appealed this decision to the Attorney General. But like last time even if the AG sides against them they will go to court to protect their secret shenanigans rather than be open and truthful to the people of our City. </div>
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<div>Quite pitiful and sad state of affairs. </div>
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<div>Best Wishes for a great week,</div>
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<div>Craig Walker </div>
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Subject: Re: UC2B Phase 2.5 - Community Alert !<br clear="none">
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</font><div><font style="background-color:transparent">Greetings from Atlanta ! </font></div>
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<div>It is such a pleasure to spend time working in this southern metropolis that embraces diversity at all levels of government, business, and neighborhood engagement.</div>
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<div>I had a chance to review the email sent by Mike Smeltzer and it is best to allow Power Up respond to the technical portions of the email.</div>
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<div>Mike I am sure you and your parents are good people and I appreciate all that you did to help the cause of black people in the 60's and 70's. What I have observed in the period since 2009 when you picked back up your service to the community by writing a grant to include the low income people of Champaign for a program that was geared to that exact community is this : </div>
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<div>2011 - Champaign had a Mayor that denied the legitimacy of the first African American President. Former Mayor Schweighart presided over a rogue group of officers within the police department that brutalized the black community and in his tenure he allowed virtually zero participation by companies owned by people of color with the City of Champaign. In the April of 2011 election I saw you nowhere fighting for, assisting, or even speaking out in the cause to unseat this three term Mayor which did happen with an overwhelming black voter turnout that proved to be the margin of victory. Where were you then Mike ? Comfortable at the U of I working with the City to promote in our neighborhoods and churches how many jobs UC2B would bring to the AA community. </div>
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<div>In fact Mike contrary to the benevolent tone of your email the first phase of UC2B procurement resulted in I believe one African American worker at Western and $1,000 for some ribs at a reception were the total black persons involvement in that first phase. It was only after a strong outcry from the black community and direction from City Manager Steve Carter did you and the </div>
<div> UC2B team revise its process to be more inclusive which had the desired result. </div>
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<div>Now your assertions that Power Up was in way over its head and that you, Paul Duke, UC2B, Western knew exactly what you were doing is a perfect example of the arrogance that surrounds this project. I choose to focus on one factual incident where someone on the UC2B team ordered the wrong part, but said that the vendor shipped the wrong part, and the email I distributed where Paul Duke is blaming Power Up for the mistake. I have challenged the City to produce the evidence that the UC2B team ordered the correct part and to date no evidence is forethecoming. There is no evidence UC2B notified Power Up of what part they ordered. Only documentation from the shipping company and they say Shive Hatterly ordered the wrong part. But the tone of their email was to blame Power Up and accept no responsibility on their part. If that is the type of mentoring that was being offered, no thank you.</div>
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<div>Western was behind schedule in the first phase and in fact the second phase was delayed because of the lateness by Western in completing the first phase of UC2B. In fact lets take a closer look at this company Western. Quite the political firm that's for sure. According to the Illinois elections Board Western and their CEO have contributed $70,000 towards election campaigns all across the State of Illinois. Interestingly enough, for a project in north Champaign they put their local office in Tolono, unlike Power Up whose office is in central Champaign. The City of Tolono is a client of attorney Jim Green who just keeps popping up coincidently all over this project. Yep Western's office is in Tolono, a place where people of color can really get there easily to apply for jobs there huh? </div>
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<div>As for you being invited into a political retaliation plan, uh no you are no where near that level of what these people are capable of. </div>
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<div>I assume you know Results Plus was involved in the Schweighart campaign and that both Gordy Hulten and Deb Feinen are Jerry proteges from their days on the City Council together. To get a better understanding of their tactics why don't you research Results Plus involvement in the recent ballot controversy involving Stephanie Holderfield and Rick Winkle. Deb Feinen was the attorney representing an attempt to remove Ms. Holderfield from the ballot, Gordy sat on the hearing board, and on or about the day of the hearing Rick Winkle a party to this case made a $3,000 payment to Results Plus ( Gordy's political consulting firm where Deb is the attorney of record) for services and supplies. Eventually Mr Winkle withdrew, Gordy left Winkle's name on the ballot when he could have removed it, Winkle won and then was replaced by someone more to Gordy and Deb's liking.That's how they roll. </div>
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<div>You were not at Douglass Center on April 9th where campaign workers asked why Gordy was acting so mad when he had to bring more ballots to the polling place there because they ran out of ballots when our community turnout was way beyond his expectations which he knew mean't the demise of his candidates which it did. You did not see the anger in his face from that turnout effort. I did.</div>
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<div> I do have to say Mike, for all your efforts in the 60's and 70's we really haven't seen you on the front lines or any line for that matter, fighting for the justice that has been virtually invisible to the black people of Champaign in this decade. </div>
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<div>What I do find interesting, is that you never described a meeting as called for in the change order where you and your benevolent friends Paul Duke and Teri Legner sat down with Power Up, outlined these concerns and attempt to reach a solution either with or without Power Up involved going forward. In fact Power Up knew nothing of this new change order until the Monday before it was to be considered as they were driving to Champaign to try and get paid their remainng funds. The process to replace Power Up was a cladenstine series of events that included no discussion with Councilman Will Kyles whose District this project is in which is a total lack of respect to him amd his constituents.Councilperson Deb Feinen encouraged an actual decision to knowingly violate the terms of the change order by not requiring UC2B to have the meeting with Power Up as called for in their agreement. In addition she
made attempts to convince the council members to not speak to anyone on this matter due to litigation that may arise from that decision. These are the types of actions surrounding this process yet you want us to believe the UC2B was so perfect and Power Up just wasn't up to snuff.. If its so up and up why all the secrecy and quiet discussions and strategies and negotiations of a fait accompli contract of 3 times the previous cost, with a politically connected contractor, advocated by the most partisan politically connected/active Republican member of the City Council ? Probably a coincidence right ? </div>
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<div>As I said I will let Power Up answer the technical questions from their perspective. </div>
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Subject: Re: UC2B Phase 2.5 - Community Alert !<br clear="none">
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</font><div><font style="background-color:transparent">Ladies and Gentleman,</font></div>
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<div>As an update on this situation, The agenda for Monday is a special meeting to approve the Council Bill to replace Power Up with Western. Please note that Power Up received a communication from Councilmember Feinen forwarding them the previous email I sent explaining that Jim Green was there for a class assignment. She did not address a single issue in this email. One of the reasons she did not address any issues is she has been saying from day 1 she cannot talk about this because "there may be litigation". The reason she is so cautious on the litigation front is that Councilmember Feinen knows she is asking the City Council to violate the Power Up contract. As point 1 in the Power Up agreement states " <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>a.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">This is a violation of Change Order #5 which contains the clause that the
“Parties will meet to discuss the extension of time of the agreement to deal with installs turned over to Power Up to be accomplished after January 31, 2013….”</span> It says "will meet". That meeting never occurred. </div>
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<div>I will bring you more updates. If you are able please watch on TV or come to the meeting to see how they justify violating the agreement with the first African American prime contractor of the City of Champaign. I am not asking you to speak unless you want too, your eyeballs watching is all we need. </div>
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<div>No matter how it turns out, know that Deb Feinen is an enemy to our community. She is contemplating a run for Mayor and if she is successful we can expect a new era of Jerry Schweighart like tactics to opress the African American communtiy just like we see happening now. I urge all of you, do not invite her to your events, do not encourage her involvment in our community,(not that she does much anyway but with a Mayors race ahead she will seek more invites) and understand I will be presenting more data and information on her efforts to supress our community. </div>
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<div>Why would she do that ? In the last election our community was over 11.5% of the Citywide vote a record. Champaign Precinct 1 at Douglass Center was 5% of the total itself another record. Those turnout levels occured after many success were fought for and won at the City level. Those trunout levels are a specific threat to the County Clerk Gordy Hullten's Results Plus political consulting firm which does all of its business with Republican candidates. In the last two years since Gordy Hulten has taken office Results Plus has recieved according to the Illinois Election Commission approximately $175,000 in fees for services. Prior to becoming clerk that number was approximately $40,000. Again this is about money and power. If through our turnout efforts we continue to defeat candidates supported by Mr Hulten and his allies like Deb Feinen who is the attorney of record for Results Plus, then we
are bad for their business. </div>
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<div>Have no doubt the replacement of Power Up by Western is political retribution by Deb Feinen on behalf of her political benefactor Gordy Hulten in a long term strategy to slow the progress of our community's ever growing voter turnout. </div>
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<div>Whatever the results of next Tuesday are we will not be deterred we as a community are already laying the groundwork for a black voter turnout of epic proportions in the November 2014 and April 2015 elections. We have eliminated some of the Schweighart cronies but others remain and they continue to seek to oppress our community. We will see them in future election cycles and answer their actions of suppression with our vote. </div>
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<div>Thank you for your consideration and support,</div>
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<div>Craig Walker. </div>
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</font><div>Ladies and Gentleman of the African American community of Champaign Urbana,</div>
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<div>I am writing to you because we have reached a critical point in our efforts to have fair inclusion policies and implementation at the City of Champaign. I first want to disclose I provide consulting services to Power Up in connection with their efforts in the Central Illinois area. I recruited Power Up, an African American owned firm based out of St. Louis because of their strong technical capabilities, $5 million in bonding capacity, and a willingness to work and mentor local smaller minority companies and tradesman. They won the bid on phase 2 of the UC2B project last year and have been working on their contract with local subcontractors Henry Bell and Peter Folk.</div>
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<div>Last night the City Council introduced a council bill led by Deb Feinen and staff member Teri Legner to replace Power Up with a white owned firm Western. Below is an email from the President of Power up detailing all of the things the staff and their project manager have not been factual about in their communications with Council. Three key factors stand out :</div>
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<div>1. The City never attempted to have a meeting with Power Up to discuss the remaining homes to be wired and the terms and conditions of that wiring as outlined in the Change order described in point #1 in the Power Up email. </div>
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<div>2. The City allowed their project manager to berate, curse out and create a hostile work atmosphere with the Power Up employees. This project manager has never worked with a minority prime contractor, was from Bloomington, and was rude, condecending and downright nasty in emails and in person. </div>
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<div>3. Power Up completed approximately 1,000 installations at a 91% customer satisfaction rate for $1.4 million. The City has negotiated a no bid change order with Western for the remaining 450 homes for $1.6 million. These homes were part of Power Up's original bid of up to 1,700 sites but because the City was slow to sign up customers they only had 1,000 sites by the end of the original deadline. Now they get an extension and more money and they want to sweetheart deal it for their friends at Western. More on that later. </div>
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<div>I encourage all of you to go the City's website and watch the tape of last night's meeting. I spoke on the facts that were misrepresented by the staff to the Council and introduced the concept that while the majority of the Council may be for the policy of inclusion, specific staff members may harbor a culture of racial bias which plays out in the implementation of this policy. Council member Deb Feinen launched into a tirade calling out the Power Up subcontractors, reading the customer complaints out loud and in her own words said " we are getting one complaint per week" . Well that comes out to 52 complaints per year which on 1,000 installs is a 95% satisfaction rate but as we all know its how you phrase words that carry the real meaning. Wetsern the white company had customer complaints as well. Did Deb Feinen read those out loud? Of course not. Not once did she address the facts as I presented them to Council. Her
heart and real feelings about minority particiapation came out in this tirade and reminded me of Jerry Schweighart when he was railing on our young people saying they deserved the harsh treatment from the Police. The only difference this time is it was about contracts and money for our community, same tactics, same power structure just a diffferent frontier. </div>
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<div>As our Pastors would say in church, Now watch this! :</div>
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<div>Deb Feinen is closely linked to County Clerk Gordy Hulten who orchestrated the Gina Jackson run against Will ( his picture was on her literature) and is a strong supporter of Pam Boroski the Township Supervisor. Both were defeated on April 9th due to another large turnout of African American voters, both were backed by Gordy Hulten. Deb Feinen is the attorney for Gordy Hulten's political consulting firm Results Plus, and the local GOP and by May 7th she s leading the charge to replace Power Up. Coincidence ? I think not. </div>
<div>Also, last night in attendance of the meeting was an attorney Jim Green who used to sit on the City Council, is a Republican politically connected attorney, and he sat in the whole meeting until the Western Contract issue was posponed and then he left. A politicaly connected attorney does not sit in a council meeting for free. Is he getting paid by Western for this no bid contract or was it just a coincidence and he came to watch as a civi lesson for his daughter? I am betting on getting paid</div>
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<div>Money and Power, thats why Power Up is being replaced. The jobs, resources and other intangibles Power Up brought to our community played a role in our ability to achieve another record voter turnout in the African American community and defeat more Republicans all over the City. The $1.6 million that was available for the extension was more than Deb Feinen and her Jerry Schweighart cronies could stomach a black firm receiving so they orchestrated this firing of Pwer Up for their buddies at Western. And because Teri Legner the staff person assigned to UC2B was never in favor of this inclusion plan she joined right in and assisted in this high tech lynching of a black owned firm. </div>
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<div>The good news is that 5 members of the City Council voted to postpone the final decision on this matter until next week. In that time more information, data and hopefully Councilmembers with good conscience and fairness will see that allowing Power Up to finish the project, and yes we can call it a second chance. Power Up has a 91% customer approval rating, no data has been presented to dispute that, they went the extra mile to work with and mentor our local contractors, they hired people from the community and invested in our get out the vote effort they completed the 1000 hookups in what was one of the weetest coldest winters we have seen in a long time. The black community of Champaign needs a highly qualified bondable company like Power Up in our midst and if they can be pushed out with strongarm tactics then our local smaller contractors don't have a chance. They desreve a chance to finish the project and if
your read the email they sent to Council below they will save the City 30% on costs as compared to the Western proposal. </div>
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<div>I will keep you updated as the events unfold. If you are able, please attend the Council meeting nex week Tuesday to watch how your City Council representatives vote. </div>
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<div>Thank you and God Bless,</div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">It has come to our understanding that Power Up has endured a very one sided view point of the UC2B phase 2 project. In an effort to reflect a 2 sided story and attempt to control the narrative we have provided the following factual points before you make your vote tomorrow on the UC2B phase 2.5 project. We believe the price is absorbent and if given the opportunity we will prepare a proposal that you will receive that will give you an option to work with Power Up for significant savings and no loss of quality. Despite what you may believe, that you have to rush this proposal through, to make the schedule for 450 installs right away to make a September close out. I will tell you that if we receive all of the scheduled customers from the start we can make all of these installs within 45 days with breathing room. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>1.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Power Up Electrical was never consulted by the City or UC2B to discuss extending our Contract to account for new subscribers in the event that the Federal Grant was extended.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:1in"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>a.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">This is a violation of Change Order #5 which contains the clause that the “Parties will meet to discuss the extension of time of the agreement to deal with installs turned over to Power Up to be accomplished after January 31, 2013….”</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:1in"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>b.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">If </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">one would</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> argue that this does not say future installs, then they can’t have it both ways as the report attached to the proposed Board Bill and the accompanied documentation states that there are 450 installs that “Power Up was not able to commit to completion of the these late subscriptions….” This is a direct quote from the Board Bill. This is NOT TRUE. The fact is that Power Up was never asked or even attempted to be negotiated with in spite of Power Up’s 91.4% customer approval rating. Not only does Power Up stand fully prepared to make a firm commitment to accomplish these installs but at a firm cost of 30%
less than Western’s proposal using Power Up’s own crews and subcontractors approved by the City. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>2.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Power Up’s contract extension had nothing to do with Power Up’s performance and had everything to do with the failure to sign up subscribers. Power Up lost money due to the lack of installs because the proposal was based on nearly 2,700 installs anticipated.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>3.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">How does the City justify paying Western $1,875 per residential install when Power Up was doing it for $310 per install? Why was Power Up not consulted as noted above particularly given the HUGE difference in pricing between Western and Power Up? Power Up could quadruple its price and still be 30% less than Western.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>4.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">How does the City justify paying $20,000 per anchor site install (times 30 each by the way) when Power Up was doing it for less than $2,500 per. ??</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>5.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">How does the City justify paying Western $45/hour for administrative time entering information into Sales Force in addition to Western’s exorbitant unit pricing? Power Up was not allowed to charge the City any additional cost for developing its own CRM System when the City/UC2B had no process or system in place until November 2012? Keep in mind, Power Up was issued a Notice to Proceed in June and never had its first customers until late August. Once the City/UC2B Sales Force system was finally put in place, Power Up went through the extra effort of moving all of the previous data into the new system and then used Sales Force for all remaining installs. Not only did Power Up complete all of this double entry and extra work,
the City had the gall to hold up Power Up pay requests until this work was complete!</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:1in"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>a.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">As much as the City wanted Power Up to terminate Volo’s contract, we explained that because the City had no CRM system, all of the project data was within the Volo system that we developed and that we needed to carefully manage this to insure that the data was transferred. Terminating Volo would have been a total disaster. We managed through any and all of these issues, protecting the City and UC2B, while completing all of the work and still achieving a 91.4% customer approval rating. </span></div>
<div style="margin-left:1in"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>b.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Had Power Up terminated Volo and Southern Belle, it would have been a political and technical disaster. All because Power Up attempted to mentor a local firm and because the City/UC2B had no customer management system in place.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>6.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">How does the City justify paying $100 per reschedule to Western in addition to their exorbitant unit prices? Power Up received no compensation for its large amount of rescheduling customers at no fault of Power Up.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>7.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">How does the City justify paying $290 per customer “no shows” in addition to Western’s exorbitant unit prices? Power Up received no compensation for its large amount of “no shows”.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>8.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">How does the City justify paying $1.6 million to Western for 450 residential installs and 30 Anchor installs when Power Up completed just under 1000 installs for $1.4 million?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>9.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Power Up completed its last scheduled install on January 24<sup>th</sup> and still has never received Final Payment. Power Up has never received a Punch List as called for in the contract.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>10.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Power Up has, without delay, responded immediately to any and all service calls received since the last install. Even the engineering directives issued by Paul Duke like clockwork on Friday afternoons between 3 and 5 pm. To date, there are ZERO unresolved issues or open tickets. (In spite of the fact that Power Up was routinely not paid for 60 to 90 days throughout the course of the project and still awaits payment on its March 21<sup>st</sup> invoice.)</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>11.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Power Up stayed the course even after Mr. Paul Duke called our Project Manager a blanking blanksucker. This is documented with witnesses. Clearly a reason that certain people likely want to move Power Up along.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>12.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">The original RFP anticipated 2,700 installs. Power Up can only install what it is released to install. The final number was just under 1,000. Power Up suffered significant financial hardship given that its overhead costs were spread into the unit cost per install as dictated by the bidding documents. The 1,700 less installs would be well beyond the realm of less than reasonably anticipated. Signing up customers was 100% the responsibility of the Owner. Power should be given the opportunity for equitable adjustment given these extraordinary circumstances at no fault of Power Up – especially given the fact that the City did not honor Change Order 5 and give Power Up an opportunity to discuss the future installs. These future
installs are what should have been original Power Up installs that did not get signed up. Instead the City wants to hire Western and pay them 5 to 6 times more at Power Up’s expense???</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>13.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">There is definitely a narrative that has been established regarding Power Up whereby Power Up has had no opportunity to set the record straight. The misinformation and mischaracterizations out there are alarming and inflammatory to say the least</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">.</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span>14.<span> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">There is no justification for paying all of the above. In as much as certain people have chosen to smear Power Up, the fact is that Power Up got the job done, has no outstanding tickets, achieved a 91.4% customer approval rating, bank-rolled the project, has no claims from subcontractors, and doubled its warranty. All of this while the City/UC2B developed their systems and processes on the fly and failed to sign up more than 60% of the originally intended subscribers. Who failed?</span></div>
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<b>To:</b> Frederick Stavins (<a href="mailto:Frederick.Stavins@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Frederick.Stavins@ci.champaign.il.us</a>); Legner, Teri (<a href="mailto:teri.legner@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">teri.legner@ci.champaign.il.us</a>); '<a href="mailto:dorothy.david@ci.champaign.il.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">dorothy.david@ci.champaign.il.us</a>'<br clear="none">
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<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Attached is the copy of the Change Order #5. Section 3 at the bottom says, “IF the underlying Federal grant is extended beyond January 31, 2013, the Parties will meet to discuss the extension of time of the agreement to deal with installs turned over to Power Up to be accomplished after January 31, 2013 upon substantially the same terms and conditions.”</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">No one from Power Up was ever contacted to do what the Change Order clearly states that the Parties WILL meet to discuss. Instead, the city has chosen to negotiate a deal with Western and pay them multiples over Power Up’s pricing plus additional sums for multiple administrative costs. This was a term and condition of the Change Order that is part and parcel to our overall agreement of the change. This is not dealing in good faith and the people are paying double – triple – quadruple or more?? Not to even mention all that we discussed today in our meeting together where all of the protocols that we developed are now incorporated into the proposed change order to Western.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Fred, you and I specifically negotiated that clause and I have notes and emails that support it. The statement in the Board Bill report is factually false that Power Up could not commit. We were never asked. All we were charged to accomplish was the highest number of installs possible by January 31<sup>st</sup> as this Change Order clearly states.</span></div>
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