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

[Stuart Levy]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:13:25AM -0500, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> And of course the chief magistrate whose legitimacy the mayor questions has 
> ordered murder on a large scale - including assassination and the summary 
> execution of American citizens; he's not merely failed to fulfill his 
> responsibilities in regard to corrupt and murderous police.

He has, but Schweighart doesn't say anything like that.
He only looks at the birth certificate.  Why?

(as this is a discussion, I'm not sending to Peace nor
to the courtwatch Announce list)

>
> C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>> Talk about straining at a gnat & swallowing a camel...
>> There should be a serious campaign for the removal of the mayor of 
>> Champaign - & the other members of the Champaign City Council - for 
>> nonfeasance in not dismissing police officers responsible for the killing 
>> of an unarmed 15-year-old.  But instead we have a frivolous campaign for 
>> his removal because he points out that the Constitution requires the 
>> president to be a natural-born citizen - as it does (art. 2, sect. 1) - 
>> and that questions have been raised whether Obama qualifies - as they 
>> have.
>> It's hardly wrong to ask the question, as Obama supporters seem to assert. 
>> What's curious is the dog (or the mule) in the night - how hesitant the 
>> Democrats have been in answering the question.  You'd think that they 
>> would go out of their way to refute any suggestion that Obama is not 
>> constitutionally entitled to be president.  --CGE
>> Marti Wilkinson wrote:
>>> 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/
>>>>
>>>> <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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