[Peace-discuss] Esther

[Wendy Edwards]

I've been positively impressed by Esther, and thought that she did have
a point in her recent letter to the editor.  Stacking a township meeting
with supporters is a game that more than one side can play.

Wendy

>From: "E. Wayne Johnson" <ewj at pigs.ag>
>Date: April 21, 2008 4:01:59 PM CDT
>To: Bob Illyes <illyes at uiuc.edu>
>Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: Esther
>
>Did they take the turkey to the Wildlife Clinic to see if it had  
>bite marks on it anywhere?
>
>I had 4 of the wild turkeys in my backyard one day.  I didn't  
>corner them but I did walk around them and take some
>pictures.  I found them relatively non-threatening.  I am not sure  
>if I walked around Esther Patt with a camera at similar
>angles that the outcome would be as favourable.
>
>Bob Illyes wrote:
>>As far as I know, there is only one Esther Patt in town, Wayne.  
>>She's active in the ACLU, the UIUC Tenant's Union (which I think  
>>she founded), and was recently on the Urbana City Council.
>>
>>Esther was attacked by one of Urbana's wild turkeys a while back.  
>>I don't know what Esther did to provoke the turkey. The battle  
>>over wild turkey removal seems to have been a proxy war between  
>>the two major parties, with Republicans siding with the turkeys,  
>>so perhaps we have an explanation for the attack.
>>
>>Bob
>>