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

[John W.]

It's wonderful to see some "new" voices on the peace-discuss list, and
making so much sense at that.  :-)

John


On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Durango Mendoza <durangom at hotmail.com>wrote:


>  Adding sugar and cream to the tea party birther line with a couple of
> verbal pastries on the side is to cloud the issue at hand. We have not just
> seen a slip of the tongue after quaffing from the tea party cup. We have
> glimpsed the underlying and fundamental base that guides the mayor’s
> thoughts, actions and non-actions.  They reveal, if not fully, why he could
> let the killing of a black teen not have logical consequences.
>
> Adding side issues that national wrongs should be addressed instead, and
> pointing out one’s right to lie bears a striking resemblance to school yard
> retorts, “Oh, yeah, what he did is nothing compared to what big so-and-so
> did, so just shut up already! Why don’t you make HIM stop if it bothers you
> so much?” Such dismissive and pot-stirring comparisons are too easily made
> and are fundamentally unhelpful. That larger issues need work does not mean
> local ones do not need action. This issue adds traction to the injustice
> ones.
>
> I’m sure there were some major national and world issues that needed work
> at the same time that a tired Rosa Parks decided to sit where she was rather
> than move. “Why, I bet some of those white passengers were more tired than
> she was. I mean, like, like...what makes her better than them? Don’t they
> have rights too? I bet she wasn't really tired. She just wanted to make
> local trouble.” And she did have a plan: start local and personal and larger
> change could follow. In spite of dismissers, apologists, assassins, and
> "moles" planted among the change agents, positive change happened. And more
> is needed as our work is not yet complete. It requires the helpful support
> of the many.
>
> Change does start one person at a time. Sadly, so does hate.
>
> DM
>
> > Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:13:25 -0500
> > From: galliher at illinois.edu
> > To: martiwilki at gmail.com
> > CC: peace at lists.chambana.net; peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net;
> announce at lists.communitycourtwatch.org
> > Subject: Re: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] WCIA has posted a petition re
> resignation of Mayor Schweighart
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > 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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