[C-U Smokefree] plea for help - smoke free champaign

[Kathryn Anthony]

>If you'd like to see Champaign become smoke-free, please do any/all 
>of the following ASAP.  We desperately need your help right now..so 
>please speak up in any/all of the following ways...our civic leaders 
>need to hear from you now...thanks!!!
>
>1)  Contact the Champaign City Council members ASAP in advance of 
>their vote on Tues 5/16 at the following address: 
>Council at ci.champaign.il.us.  Urge them to vote in favor of the 
>smoke-free ordinance.  Right now a majority is *opposed*.
>
>2) Write a letter to the News Gazette in support of the smokefree 
>ordinance.  Here's how: 
>http://www.news-gazette.com/editorial/index.cfm?page=editorial2
>
>3) Attend the following City Council meetings and show your support.
>*	Tue May 16 7pm - Champaign City Council Meeting @  City 
>Council Chambers / 102 N Neil St
>*	Mon May 22 7pm - Urbana City Council Meeting @  Urbana City 
>Council Chambers /  400 S Vine St
>Note - Urbana City Council is leaning in favor of the ordinance, but 
>it is awaiting the outcome of Champaign, which is crucial.  Several 
>Council members are reluctant to adapt an ordinance in Urbana 
>without the support of Champaign.  So we may be caught in a catch 22.
>
>4) For more information on this issue, see:  http://www.cu-smokefree.org/


5) Please forward this message to as many friends/people/lists as you can.

>
>FYI Below is my letter to the editor just sent to News 
>Gazette...hope they publish it!--KA
>
>***
>Letter to the Editor - Sent to Champaign-Urbana News Gazette - 5 11 06
>
>MAYOR AND COUNCIL URGED TO SUPPORT SMOKEFREE ORDINANCE
>
>If Champaign Mayor Jerry Schweighart  has his way next week, 
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students returning to 
>campus restaurants and bars next fall will continue to face clouds 
>of smoke, and so will the rest of us.   Ironically, Mayor 
>Schweighart--a former chain smoker who recently underwent surgery 
>for lung cancer--remains steadfastly opposed to a proposed smokefree 
>ordinance to be voted upon at a Champaign City Council meeting on 
>Tuesday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m.  Several City Council members oppose it 
>too.  When election time rolls around, all must be held accountable 
>for their actions on this issue.  Opposing it is irresponsible.
>Public support for the smoke-free ordinance is strong. Over 4,300 
>residents signed petitions, 2,500 residents sent post cards to their 
>city council members, and students collected over 1,000 signatures 
>in favor of the ordinance.   At a standing-room only study session 
>of the Champaign City Council last September most speakers supported 
>the ordinance, including a musician unable to work in Champaign's 
>smoke-filled nightclubs, a waitress whose smoky eatery makes her 
>ill, and an employee recently diagnosed with cancer.  Yet 
>Schweighart and a majority of his council members saw the measure go 
>down in smoke.  It must not happen again. 
>Now that Chicago, Springfield, Bloomington, and Normal have passed 
>smoke-free ordinances as have 17 states and 461 towns, cities, and 
>counties elsewhere, will  our civic leaders allow Champaign to 
>remain "the ashtray of Central Illinois"? 
>
>--Kathryn Anthony, Urbana, IL
>
>
>--
>
>KATHRYN H. ANTHONY
>Professor, Design Program Faculty
>School of Architecture
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>117 Temple Buell Hall, 611 Taft Drive
>Champaign IL  61820  USA
>Tel:  (217) 244-5520 voice mail
>FAX:  (217) 244-2900
>E-mail:	kanthony at uiuc.edu
>	http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/kanthony/bio/
>
>Check out my 3 books:
>1.  Design Juries on Trial:  The Renaissance of the Design Studio 
>http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/DesignJuriesOnTrial
>2.  Designing for Diversity:  Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the 
>Architectural Profession
>http://www.press.uillinois.edu/f01/anthony.html
>3.  Running for Our Lives:  An Odyssey with Cancer 
>http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/RunningForOurLives


-- 
KATHRYN H. ANTHONY
Professor, Design Program Faculty
School of Architecture
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
117 Temple Buell Hall, 611 Taft Drive
Champaign IL  61820  USA
Tel:  (217) 244-5520 voice mail
FAX:  (217) 244-2900
E-mail:	kanthony at uiuc.edu
	http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/kanthony/bio/

Check out my 3 books:
1.  Design Juries on Trial:  The Renaissance of the Design Studio 
http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/DesignJuriesOnTrial
2.  Designing for Diversity:  Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the 
Architectural Profession
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/f01/anthony.html
3.  Running for Our Lives:  An Odyssey with Cancer 
http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/RunningForOurLives
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