[Peace-discuss] More on election

[Morton K.Brussel]

It strikes me that when so few, of those eligible, vote, no firm  
conclusions can be made about the reasons for failure or success,  
except that more effort has to be exercised to get more (favorable)  
voters out to vote.  ---mkb

On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:54 AM, Linda Evans wrote:

> It is also backlash because of the perceived Urbana
> influence on Champaign politics.  I grew up in
> Champaign and there has always been a war between the
> two cities.  It is insane.  The progressives in
> Champaign need to stand up and be a force on their
> own.  I appreciate all the Urbana people who come to
> city council meetings and such, but I don't think it
> helps for you to speak up if there are Champaign
> residents who will do the speaking.  People in
> Champaign will not listen to you, just because you are
> one of "them".  I know it isn't right, but we have to
> get more politically savvy.  Things run differently in
> Champaign.  We can't use the same tactics.  We also
> need to be careful about throwing the AWARE name
> around.  There are a lot of people who came to the
> last city council meeting who do not come to AWARE
> meetings...AWARE is perceived as a splitter group
> and/or "cult" (run by Carl Estabrook no less...when
> will they blame some of the women in the group for
> thinking for all the rest?).  We need to get organized
> in Champaign, we need to get smart, and we need to
> look NOW for someone to run against the mayor.
>
> I'm sure everyone saw this article and pay attention
> to Bruno and Deb F-F's comments:
>
> http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2007/04/18/ 
> voting_trend_conservative_for_champaign_city_council
>
> Annette did very well for being an unknown.  I
> personally think using your religion would help you in
> future runs for office.  I don't mean for this to
> sound crass, but we need to start strategizing and
> playing the cards which work.
>
> Linda (who is sooo glad she couldn't find a house in
> Urbana now...Champaign needs the votes!  I am equally
> glad that my brother doesn't live in the city limits
> and didn't vote yesterday because he is the exact
> opposite politically from Karen/me.)
>
> --- Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don't confuse this for what it is:
>> White backlash to smoking ban/chief/consent decree.
>>
>> BD
>>
>> On 4/18/07, Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yup, Karen, everything is my fault. As a
>> recovering German Protestant,
>>> this has never been less than obvious to me.
>>>
>>> On a more serious note, this election was decided
>> by the ability
>>> of the parties and other organizations to get out
>> the vote. Annette
>>> in particular worked her tail off, but somehow the
>> rest of us let
>>> her down. This is a hard problem, with the media
>> largely under the
>>> control of the right. But it is not a problem we
>> can't solve.
>>> Democracy requires a lot of patience,
>> unfortunately.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Peace-discuss mailing list
>>> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>
>>
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
>> 303 W. Locust St.
>> Urbana, IL 61801
>> briandolinar at gmail.com
>>> _______________________________________________
>> Peace-discuss mailing list
>> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss
>>
>
>
> Linda
> http://triballife.net/  A Marketplace for a Better World
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Peace-discuss mailing list
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss