On Apr 17, 2010, at 10:40 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> A member of our local Champaign-Urbana peace group, AWARE ("Anti-War
> Anti-Racism Effort") gave a thumb-nail sketch of the Champaign
> mayor's practice:
>
> "...the long standing issues of overpolicing, racism and profiling
> of the CPD in the North End [the black section of town] and of
> African-Americans throughout Champaign, the gerrymandering of the
> township to minimize poverty aid to the most unfortunate, voting
> against the broadband proposal, his contempt for the public by
> leaving City Council meetings for extended periods of time during
> public comment when residents are being critical, bullying the Safe
> Haven community [a self-organized homeless group], refusing to
> adequately deal with the Kiwane police killing [in the presence of
> the police chief, a cop - who had already killed an unarmed citizen
> - shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old; neither cop has been
> charged or disciplined in any way], etc. - it is long past time for
> him to resign."
>
> That's all true. But in the face of that, what the local liberals
> choose to get upset about is the mayor's daring to raise an
> objection to our murderous chief magistrate!
Ok, so he is a total creep. Funny how the questioning of Obama's citizenship is a pretty reliable guide to general creepiness.