[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Stan Levy for Mayor of Champaign

[Ricky Baldwin]

Excellent letter, John!

Really really really well said!  And I'm sure
(extrapolating from experience, not just prejudice) it
was even better before the NG editors got their hooks
in it.  But still very good and much needed!

Ricky
--- "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:

> At 02:48 PM 8/13/2007, Karen Medina wrote:
> 
> >Thanks John Wason for the letter in the NG!
> 
> 
> Don't mention it.  They edited it just a bit, in
> ways I of course didn't like.
> 
> Has Stan Levy indicated any interest in being mayor
> of Champaign?  We 
> certainly need an alternative to the honorable(?)
> Mr. Schweighart.
> 
> 
> 
> >By the way, I looked up a little more about Stan
> Levy, the person who spoke
> >so well for the subcommittee of the Champaign
> Police Community
> >Relations Committee.
> >
> >Besides being in the ACLU, Stanley A. Levy was a
> professor at the University
> >of Illinois from 1968 to 1995, and in the
> University Administration 1968-
> >1994. Many university people know him from his
> years as Vice Chancellor.
> >
> >At UIUC, his positions were:
> >* Vice Chancellor for Campus Affairs (1979-1994),
> >* Acting Vice Chancellor for Campus Affairs and
> Acting Dean of Students
> >(1978-1979),
> >* Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Affairs
> (1974-1978),
> >* Assistant Dean of Students (1968-1974),
> >* Adjunct Professor of Higher Education (1987-1995)
> >* Assistant Professor of Higher Education
> (1968-1987),
> >
> >Before he moved to Champaign, he was at Cornell
> where he was faculty in
> >university administration and student affairs.
> >
> >-karen medina
> >
> >
> >
> >---- Original message ----
> > >Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:20:05 -0500
> > >From: Jan  Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com>
> > >Subject: [Peace-discuss] Letter in N-G from John
> Wason
> > >To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> > >Cc: announce at communitycourtwatch.org, coalition
> policereview, 
> >
>
<mailto:cprb at lists.chambana.net>cprb at lists.chambana.net
> > >
> > >
> > >Vote ignores review board consensus
> > >
> > >Monday August 13, 2007
> > >
> > >It was a Champaign City Council meeting that will
> live in infamy.
> > >
> > >There was a bit of humor, though: the joke played
> by Mayor Schweighart
> > >on certain citizens of Champaign.
> > >
> > >The Champaign City Council, by a vote of 5-4,
> recently rejected both
> > >the recommendation of its own Champaign Police
> Complaint Procedures
> > >Subcommittee to establish a citizen review board
> and any further
> > >discussion of the matter.
> > >
> > >The Champaign Police Complaint Procedures
> Subcommittee, a
> >subcommittee
> > >of the Champaign Police Community Relations
> Committee, consisted of
> > >representatives from the police department, the
> city staff and the
> > >community. It met once a month for 12 months, and
> is final
> > >recommendation reflected a consensus among the
> representatives of the
> > >three constituencies.
> > >
> > >But it wasn't the consensus that retired police
> officer Schweighart
> > >wanted. So he invalidated the hard work of his
> subcommittee. Following
> > >almost three hours of public input, with all but
> two speakers in favor
> > >of some form of citizen police review, he made a
> motion to ignore the
> > >subcommittee's recommendation and maintain the
> status quo without
> > >further discussion or public input. His own vote
> was the tie-breaker.
> > >
> > >This marks at least the third time in the past
> nine years that the
> > >Champaign City Council has disregarded the
> recommendation of one of
> >its
> > >own governmental bodies for some form of citizen
> police review. At this
> > >point, one has to wonder why any citizen would
> ever serve in a
> > >volunteer capacity on a city board or commission.
> > >
> > >At least three of the council members who voted
> with the mayor asserted
> > >that they, as elected officials, are the citizen
> police review board.
> > >Perhaps we should put their word to the test.
> > >
> > >JOHN WASON
> > >
> > >Champaign
> > >
> > >  Find this article at:
> > >
> >
>
>http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2007/08/13/vote_ignores
> 
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