[Peace-discuss] [Peace] WCIA has posted a petition re resignation of Mayor Schweighart

[Marti Wilkinson]

I'm of the opinion that removing the mayor from office is best done with the
vote of the people. Setting aside his stupid remarks at the 'Tea Party' - I
would like to see a democratic process take place where *his record*
**becomes the focus. Since he has taken office he has supported the
actions of
the police force, has voted against broadband,and is generally rude and
boorish towards the citizens who question the actions of the city council
during public commentary. I could go on of course, but demanding that he
resign at this point will just bring out every 'birther' out of the
woodwork. Is that really in the best interest of the citizenry.

Besides, Jerry is a figurehead at best. The person who really runs the show
in Champaign is Steve Carter...perhaps we can circulate a petition asking
him to resign over his failure to fire Chief Finney and for allowing Officer
Norbits to work while supposedly on 'administrative leave'.

Marti



On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I just watched the Ch 3 News. The lead story was about Schweighart and
> titled, "Caught On Tape." The story ended w/ an online petition re the
> Mayor's resignation. Here's the link
> to the story http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext/?nxd_id=143655&watch=1
> and the petition  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/schweighartresign/
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> <http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext/?nxd_id=143655&watch=1>They played
> the YouTube video a couple of times, and took statements afterwards in which
> he reaffirmed his opinion that Obama isn't an American because he wasn't
> born in the US, tho' he conceded he's become a citizen since then.
> They interviewed the grad student John O'Connor, the guy who taped
> Schweighart. He said he went public w/ the tape because "it's the right of
> all citizens to know that he believes this and to make judgments based on
> this. He is a private citizen, but the fact is, he is also the mayor... and
> if he believes a fringe, frankly loony conspiracy theory, that directly
> impacts his ability to do his job." The report said that the mayor said his
> office has received several phone calls, some asking for his resignation,
> but that that's "something that won't happen anytime soon." County Board
> member Alan Kurtz said that the mayor should resign as he represents the
> city... and "How do you run a city when you don't have the facts?"
>
> Jennifer Roscoe said that 3 cases re Obama's Citizenship had been filed w/
> the IL Supreme Court and all had been dismissed.
>
> She also said that there is an online petition and that Channel 3 wants to
> know what we think. Again, here's that link
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/schweighartresign/
>  --Jenifer
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