[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: another IMC thought --

[Sascha Meinrath]

is anyone interested in covering this?

--sascha

>Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 16:26:00 -0600
>From: Cope Cumpston <cumpston at uiuc.edu>
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>To: Sascha Meinrath <meinrath at students.uiuc.edu>
>CC: Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at onthejob.net>
>Subject: another IMC thought --
>
>Sascha and Danielle --
>
>I send this to you two because of your interests in racism and the
>Urbana city council. I hope the IMC can cover the council meeting on
>Dec. 18 at 7:30 -- there will be discussion that night about whether the
>city should appeal the circuit court's overturning its Human Relations
>Commission finding of discrimination in a rental case. This is breaking
>new ground so I think the discussion will be pretty hot.
>
>I'm on the HRC and will be speaking that night. Discrimination cases are
>something all on their own because there is rarely direct evidence of
>discrimination -- and we inferred our best in this case. The
>News-Gazette wrote one of their really insulting editorials about the
>HRC being a kangaroo court -- and it's one of those hopelessly clouded
>media messes.
>
>The HRC had a special meeting today with the lawyer who represented the
>city at circuit court, David Krchak. We voted to recommend to the city
>council that the city go to the appellate court in Springfield to appeal
>the circuit court's finding.
>
>Vacellia Clark, Human Rights Officer for Urbana, has a lot to say about
>how discrimination legislation is worded, and how the deck is stacked
>against any complainant trying to prove discrimination. Would be an
>interesting article, which I couldn't cover because I'm a commissioner.
>
>see how good i am at suggesting work for other people?
>
>Cope
>
>
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