<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Our Revolution is Bernie Sanders’ initiative. Laurel Prussing is a delegate for Bernie Sanders. The’Our Revolution’ group is doing a super job of following every possible candidate—local, state, national—and informing people of the vulnerability of that candidate and the need for support. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Diana, I don’t think I know you, so am not sure what next to say. For my part, I am immensely grateful that the Bernie group is hammering at this angle—to get the majority of people in Congress to not be murderous corporatists—and to keep telling us about elections and candidates.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Possibly your neighbor—</div><div class="">Susan Parenti<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 28, 2017, at 7:54 PM, Dianna Visek <<a href="mailto:divisek@yahoo.com" class="">divisek@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39551" class="">What is Our Revolution? And why are they getting involved in the Urbana mayoral primary when their address is in Washington, DC? (See bottom of email.)<br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39553" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39555" class="">Dianna<br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39584" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39583" class=""></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39646"><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39655" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39654" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39653" class=""> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39652" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488331140852_39723" size="2" face="Arial" class=""> On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 10:53 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace <<a href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></font></div> <br class=""><br class=""> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv5169642292" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">The main thing about the referenda about our nursing home you need to know for today is: it's not on the ballot today. It's on the ballot April 4. <div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">Having said that: on April 4, there will be two questions on the ballot. One question will be: do you support a property tax increase to support our county nursing home. There, supporters of our county nursing home are asking people to vote YES. The second question will be: do you support selling or disposing of our Nursing Home. On that question, supporters of our Nursing Home are asking people to vote NO. </div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">Also, on March 22, Champaign County Democrats will be voting on whether to endorse the referenda campaign to save our Nursing Home. Our petition to the CC Dems on that is here:</div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">@ChampaignCoDems: Vote to Save Our County Nursing Home<br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/champaigncodems-vote?r_by=1135580" class="">http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/champaigncodems-vote?r_by=1135580</a><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">Finally, this is a website for the save-our-county-nursing-home campaign, where you can get yard signs, more info, etc.:</div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/ChampaignCountyCARE" class="">https://www.facebook.com/ChampaignCountyCARE</a><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div></div></div><div class="yiv5169642292gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv5169642292gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">Robert Naiman<br clear="none" class="">Policy Director<br clear="none" class="">Just Foreign Policy<br clear="none" class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/" class="">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br clear="none" class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" class="">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br clear="none" class=""><div class=""><span style="text-align:left;" class="">(202) 448-2898 x1</span><br clear="none" class=""></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none" class=""><div class="yiv5169642292yqt6077795921" id="yiv5169642292yqt35339"><div class="yiv5169642292gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Susan Parenti <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:susanroseparenti@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:susanroseparenti@gmail.com" class="">susanroseparenti@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none" class=""><blockquote class="yiv5169642292gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;" class="">Yes, our household is going to vote, and to vote for Prussing. <div class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class="">Can you help us figure out the referendum on privatizing the nursing home—is it worded so that we vote ‘no’ or ‘yes’?</div><div class="">susan parenti<br clear="none" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv5169642292h5"><div class="">On Feb 28, 2017, at 10:28 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="yiv5169642292h5"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="yiv5169642292gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">Ruth Wyman adds:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">===</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">To all Democrats who live in Urbana. Please remember to vote in the Democratic primary today. The polls are open from </span><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-aBn" style="font-size:12.8px;"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-aQJ"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-aBn"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-aQJ">6 am to 7 pm</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">. </span><br clear="none" class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">If you are not sure where to go to vote, you can find your polling place here:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-m_2491693449782225939OWAAutoLink" id="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-m_2491693449782225939LPlnk595421" target="_blank" href="https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/voter_information.php">https://www.champaigncountycle rk.com/elections/voter_informa tion.php</a><br clear="none" class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">As of <span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-aBn"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-aQJ"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-aBn"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-aQJ">Thursday</span></span></span></span>, more than 25 % of the early votes cast or absentee ballots requested were from voters who had voted in one or both of the last two republican primaries -- but the only issue on the ballot is the Democratic Primary for Urbana mayor! <br clear="none" class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">With such a strong showing of Republicans trying to influence the Democratic primary for Urbana mayor, it is vital that all Democrats get out to vote <span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-aBn"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_5621156478869142251gmail-aQJ"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-aBn"><span class="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-aQJ">this Tuesday</span></span></span></span>!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;" class="">===</div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="yiv5169642292gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br clear="none" class="">From: <b class="yiv5169642292gmail_sendername">Our Revolution</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:info@ourrevolution.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:info@ourrevolution.com" class="">info@ourrevolution.com</a>></span><br clear="none" class="">Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 6:21 PM<br clear="none" class="">Subject: Reelect Laurel Prussing TOMORROW for Urbana Mayor<br clear="none" class="">To: Robert Naiman <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com" class="">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""><u class=""></u>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size:1px;color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;overflow:hidden;display:none;" class="">The mayor's election is TOMORROW</span>
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<strong class=""><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:13pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/m/24fb0a0d/43f7c5d4/21af44dc/62002026/4160945099/VEsH/" style="text-decoration:none;" title="https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/polling_place_lookup.php" class="">The mayor's election is TOMORROW, and our endorsed candidate Laurel Prussing is up for reelection.</a></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:arial;font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""> Laurel was the first woman ever elected mayor of Urbana in 2005, and her lifelong advocacy on behalf of the public only increased upon entering the mayor’s office. </span></div><div class="">
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<span id="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_3135961932336032546m_-8516446549652272383docs-internal-guid-e7d531d2-80e1-9244-d839-95c9e233775f" class=""><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Laurel serves on numerous board, commission and association appointments and collaborates with the Governor and Legislature to improve education and law enforcement training standards in Illinois. Thanks to her leadership on the city council, Urbana reaffirmed its status as a Sanctuary City, and with her financial acumen the city maintained its commitment to putting more than $300,000 into social service agencies. She hired a statistician to help study racial disparities in traffic stops and put two more police officers on the beat to address the recent spike in violent crime. With experience at the precinct, county, state and non-profit levels, and her Ph.D studies in public finance at the University of Illinois, Laurel’s tireless work ethic continues to serve Urbana well.</span></span></div><div class="">
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<span id="yiv5169642292m_1900122227811010806gmail-m_3135961932336032546m_-8516446549652272383docs-internal-guid-e7d531d2-80e1-9244-d839-95c9e233775f" class=""><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class="">Laurel’s accomplishments belong to everyone in Urbana and the greater Champaign County. Her greatest work has been to engage with community and grassroots organizations, hearing your concerns and acting on them with policy. Let’s build on the progress we’ve made together.</span></span></div><div class="">
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<strong class=""><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:13pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/m/24fb0a0d/43f7c5d4/21af44dc/62002026/4160945099/VEsE/" style="text-decoration:none;" title="https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/polling_place_lookup.php" class="">Laurel needs you to show up TOMORROW and cast your vote to keep her in the mayor's office.</a></span></strong><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:arial;font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></div><div class="">
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