[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Champaign City Council Votes 6-3 Against Section 8

[Karen Medina]

Brian Dolinar wrote:
>   After the so-called "study session," the Mayor took
>   a poll on the Section 8 repeal. The city council
>   voted 6-3 to repeal.

>   There will be a final vote next week, October 16 at
>   7 p.m.

So, if you live in Champaign, communicate with Mayor Schweighart and with your City Council member soon! Especially if they are:
* Ken Pirok, ward 5, west of Mattis and South of Bradley (roughly)
* Tom Bruno, Council Member–At Large
* Vic McIntosh, ward 3, West of Prospect and North of Bradley (roughly)
* Deb Feinen, Council Member–At Large
* Karen Foster, Council Member–At Large
* and of course the Mayor who is supposed to represent all of Champaign.

Contact information, including addresses and phone numbers, is here: http://www.ci.champaign.il.us/government/page.php?pn=contact_us_mayorcouncil

Do show support Gina Jackson, Marci Dodds, and Michael La Due.

In a slight correction to Brian Dolinar's statements, Ken Pirok only rents out 1 or possibly 2 units. Yes he is a landlord, but there are other people on the city council that are more intimately connected to landlords handling more units than Ken Pirok does.

And I agree with Brian that the majority of people on the Champaign City Council are really opposite to everything I believe in, and as someone who grew up in Champaign, I am terribly ashamed. 

-karen medina
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>   After the so-called "study session," the Mayor took
>   a poll on the Section 8 repeal. The city council
>   voted 6-3 to repeal. Ken Pirok, Tom Bruno, Vic
>   McIntosh, Deb Feinen, Karen Foster, and Mayor
>   Schweighart all voted on the side of landlords and
>   against the poor. The majority vote was led by Ken
>   Pirok, himself a landlord, who spoke like a member
>   of the working class:
>
>   Gina Jackson, Marci Dodds, and Michael La Due voted
>   for the Section 8 protections.
>