[Peace-discuss] township meetings/antiwar referenda April 11

[Ricky Baldwin]

Hey folks -

I'm not sure if I missed an email about this upcoming
event, but I just got a call from a reporter who wants
to talk to someone in charge of this -- do I refer him
to Jan and Durl or someone else?

Thanks-  and sorry if I missed an email that explained
it all.

Ricky

--- Robert Naiman  <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com> wrote:

> To: SFcore <sf-core at yahoogroups.com>
> From: "Robert Naiman " <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:17:16 -0500
> Subject: [sf-core] township meetings/antiwar
> referenda April 11
> 
> At the peace conference last Saturday it was
> proposed that we get
> antiwar referenda on the fall ballot, as folks in
> Wisconsin have done,
> and that one straightforward way to do this, rather
> than gathering
> signatures, would be to show up at the annual
> township meetings on
> April 11. These meetings are mandated by Illinois
> law, and although
> seldom used by the public, apparently, enable a
> majority of people who
> show up to place an advisory referendum on the
> ballot. Typically
> no-one shows up to these things, so it should not be
> too much trouble
> (although technically we'll need a super-majority to
> add an item to
> the agenda.)
> 
> I've heard that some folks on working on this but I
> thought we should
> get the dates and times out so people would reserve
> the space on the
> calendars. April 11 is next Tuesday.
> 
> The Cunningham Township (ie, Urbana) meeting is at
> 6pm, at the
> township offices, 205 W. Green.
> 
> The Champaign Township mtg is at 7pm, at the
> Champaign City Council Chambers.
> 
> Hope to see you there!
> 


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