Category: Government Structure & Principles
Government Structure and Principles
In the next few years, Champaign County must focus attention on the conditions at the Champaign County Main Jail in Downtown Urbana. Recently, several county-wide office seekers visited the jail to get a firsthand look at its condition.
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One of the biggest questions I get is why is their a need for a Black Chamber of Commerce when we have a Champaign County Chamber of Commerce already in existence. My response is that there are needs and services specific to black owned businesses that can be more effectively addressed by a Chamber designed to serve those needs.
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It is important to understand what is a City Manager. This post is a reprint of the Wikipedia version of the definition of City Manger its orgins and some data on City Managers. Its an interesting read.
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There are rare opportunities for a political party to make significant inroads into a constituency that has not traditionally voted for their candidates. At this time at this moment the Republican Party of Champaign County has that opportunity.....I am urging the local GOP to campaign for and with Jamar Brown in communities all across this City. By embracing this fine man and demonstrating a commitment to diversity the local GOP can build upon the great work City Councilman Will Kyles has done in the African American community advocating as a Republican with the party ideals
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Eric Bussell asked me to write my feature as Mayor for the Day and today in that role I am releasing a plan to add to the debate of the current budget crisis of the City of Champaign
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Champaign-Urbana is well insulated from the effects of the 2007-2009 Great Recession with our stable employers in the education and health care industries. Our unemployment rate is markedly lower than that of our neighbors in Danville and Decatur. The problems of the Great Recession seem to have passed us by. In August the City of Champaign Township Supervisor told us that she did not need any increase in the levy for the General Assistance Fund, the source of emergency relief for destitute families. In July the City of Champaign Township Supervisor handed out emergency relief to only 25 residents. They each received $212.00, enough to get by for a month if they are careful, her office said. We are apparently doing quite well in these hard times.
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Hogan, who was chosen by the new Board of Trustees of the U of I has a mandate to change the structure of the University and make sweeping changes. Citing a need to eliminate the competition between the three campuses administrators and faculty, Hogan is seeking to centralize certain functions that are duplicitous across the three campuses. I am certain this is only the first step in President Hogan’s vision to reestablish the U of I among the top ranked schools in the country.
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