[Peace] Park Commissioners & Staff vote to KILL THE GEESE

[John W.]

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:39 AM Debra Schrishuhn via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

I will put up money for SAVE THE CRYSTAL LAKE GEESE bumper stickers. If you
> get me a snappy design before 2 pm Wednesday can have them printed by
> Friday at the latest. How many do you think you can give away?
>
> Next we need to think about electoral solutions. At least 2 commissioners
> are up for re-election in 2021. We need to find people to challenge
> them—find candidates now and start the campaign.
>

I would suggest that if there are any Greens left in C-U, a couple of them
might be interested in running for Urbana Park District commissioner.  And
what about you, Deb?  You're certainly knowledgeable enough!

John Wason




> Deb
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 13, 2020, at 12:52 AM, Niloofar Shambayati via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
> Can't be there tomorrow but let's have a meeting as soon as possible. BTW,
> who do those cold-blooded gang represent? The area businesses?
>
> Niloofar
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:44 PM Susan Parenti via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
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>> Hi friends—Despite eloquent testimonies by towns-people AGAINST “Charity
>> Harvest’ (the procedure that kills geese and tries to give away their
>> carcasses as ‘meat’) the Board of Commissioners, aided by UPD staff, voted
>> unanimously and with no stir of conscience to go ahead with killing the
>> geese in June/July. AS spoken by Rohn Koester, the problem with Crystal
>> Lake Park is not the geese, it is the Park District, and its inability to
>> listen and speak with the community. Wow—so tonight was a perfect example
>> of that.
>>
>> Some of us who spoke tonight, and protested today at noon by the park,
>> really want to go ahead with protests, street theater, and awareness
>> raising. It turns out that social distancing is really fun when we’re
>> protesting—it makes us look like a much bigger group because we’re 6 feet
>> apart! I miss you guys.
>>
>> So tomorrow at 12 noon we’ll once again meet at park Street and Broadway
>> for an hour, and plan and plot in between talking to the cars going past.
>> (Today EVERY car honked in favor of our message to not kill the geese, save
>> for one grumpy guy. )
>>
>> And we’ll start planning on meeting. I look forward to street theater in
>> the park, to raise awareness and fun!
>>
>> Let me know if you want to be part of this.
>>
>> And geese, we will try so hard to prevent them from killing you, killing
>> us. Though I might sound cheerful, I’m absolutely trembling with sadness
>> for us, for you.
>> Susan
>>
>>
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