[C-U Smokefree] Mayor Schwieghart

[john martirano]

Regardless of the crass nature of the comment, removing Schwieghart
from office at the next electoral opportunity ought to be foremost on
many of our minds.  We can do better in Champaign and I doubt he is
representative of the people here and he certainly does not represent
anyone I know.
John

On 5/18/06, Scott P Hays <sphays at ad.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> I wanted to take this opportunity to express my sincere apologies for referring to Champaign Mayor Jerry Schwieghart as "Mayor Cancer" in an earlier email I sent referencing the Chicago Sun-Times article on passing our ordinance.
>
> This was a crass, inside reference that was meant only for our "core" group in response to a press release that we had sent to the Sun-Times referring to the irony of a Mayor who had been diagnosed and treated for lung cancer opposing a smokefree ordinance.  We thought this was a news-worthy angle and it apparently was not.  My reference to the Mayor was also not funny and shouldn't have been said. Cancer is a deadly serious illness and preventing it is one of the key reasons why we are doing what we are doing.
>
> So again, please accept my apologies.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Scott Hays
> President
> CU Smokefree Alliance
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