[Peace-discuss] Re: [sf-core] Champaign-Urbana Votes to Withdraw from Iraq and Impeach Bush-Cheney

[Germaine Light]

I    LOVE     CHAMPAIGN-URBANA!!!!!!!!
Thank-you, Bob, and everyone, for all you did!   This is so
coooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!
Germaine Light

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>; SFcore
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Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:52 AM
Subject: [sf-core] Champaign-Urbana Votes to Withdraw from Iraq and Impeach
Bush-Cheney


> [please forward where appropriate]
>
> Champaign-Urbana Votes to Withdraw from Iraq and Impeach Bush-Cheney
>
> Final results from the Champaign County Clerk's office, 100% of
> precincts reporting:
>
> Withdraw US Troops from Iraq ("orderly and rapid"):
>
>        Yes No
> Champaign 9888 7104
>        58% 42%
>
> Urbana    5729    3029
>        65% 35%
>
> Champaign-Urbana
>      Yes No
>    15618 10134
>      61% 39%
>
> Impeach Bush/Cheney for War, Torture, Illegal Surveillance:
>
>        Yes No
> Champaign 7877 9140
>        46% 54%
>
> Urbana    5171   3614
>       59% 41%
>
> Champaign-Urbana
>     13049 12755
>    50.6% 49.4%
>
> Governor should resist deployment of Illinois National Guard to Iraq:
>
>      Yes No
> Urbana:         4812 3154
>      60% 40%
>
> In many Republican precincts in Champaign - as judged by the vote in
> the Secretary of State's race - the majority voted in favor of
> withdrawal from Iraq. In 32 of Champaign's 38 precincts and in 22 of
> Urbana's 23 precincts a majority voted in favor of withdrawal.
>
> As we were tallying the votes at the County building, Republican Rep.
> Tim Johnson gave a press conference on his victory in the
> Congressional election. He acknowledged that the US position in Iraq
> was a "quagmire" and that Americans would not tolerate the status quo
> for another two years.
>
> In the spring the Urbana City Council passed a resolution in favor of
> withdrawal. At the time, peace activists claimed that the council was
> reflecting majority sentiment in Urbana.
> This completes the argument.
>
> Thanks to everyone who worked to give people in Champaign-Urbana the
> opportunity to vote on these questions and who worked to publicize
> these initiatives.
>
> -Robert Naiman
>
>
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