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As reported by the News-Gazette's Patrick Wade, the Champaign City Council upheld a local groundwater ordinance at its meeting Tuesday evening. The ordinance was upheld by an 8–1 vote, with Tom Bruno the only dissenting party. Champaign County Health Care Consumers, in conjunction with the Fifth and Hill Neighborhood Rights Group, had supported repealing the ordinance, which they claim does not go far enough "to clean up some of the most highly contaminated properties in Champaign." This decision, and some …
The crack of wooden bats, the smell of fresh cut grass, and the taste of a cold beer on a hot summer evening are three things that have been absent from the lives of Champaign-Urbana baseball fans for generations. However, with the caveat that it's extremely early in the process, Champaign mayor Don Gerard has begun laying the groundwork for bringing minor league baseball to Champaign. IF YOU BUILD IT...? Gerard stated that, unlike the most recent effort — which …
A large, upscale fundraiser occurred at the Virginia Theater in Champaign on Tuesday, May 10th, drawing hundreds of donors who enjoyed a night of music, film, and guest speakers in support of a new local non-profit, Merci's Refuge.
After his surprising victory over three-term incumbent Jerry Schweighart on April 3, Champaign mayor-elect Don Gerard hasn't gone out of his way to accommodate the News-Gazette's requests for a one-hour videotaped interview. According to a piece that appeared in Sunday's paper entitled "Incoming mayor yet to grant interview with N-G," by Patrick Wade, "[Campaign manager Angela] Patton later informed the newspaper that Gerard would be available to respond to questions via email, but The News-Gazette declined. The newspaper considers email …
On Monday, March 7th at 4:30 p.m., a tandem bicycle ridden by Champaign residents Cindy and David Combs was struck by a motor vehicle driven by Errol Maul, leaving Cindy dead and David critically injured (he remains hospitalized). If you're unfamiliar with this incident, a good place to start is Annie Weisner's article from March 23. MAUL PLEADS GUILTY TO PETTY OFFENSES This past Monday, in advance of his scheduled hearing, Errol Maul pled guilty to two traffic violations: failure …
Don Gerard is now the mayor-elect of Champaign, having defeated incumbent Jerry Schweighart by 230 votes in yesterday's election. As you can see in the table below, Gerard carried 24 of the 40 precincts (the City of Champaign has 38 precincts, but this election included two polling places in Champaign Township, as well). Gerard Schweighart Votes Percent Votes Percent City of Champaign 1 180 90.00% 20 10.00% City of Champaign 2 10 58.82% 7 41.18% City of Champaign 3 …
Despite Champaign's conservative reputation, the city has a pretty solid record of backing Democratic candidates, at least in recent elections. Whether that means much for tomorrow's "non-partisan" election remains to be seen, but there is food for thought available nonetheless. Consider: David Gill (54%) soundly defeated Tim Johnson (46%) in Champaign in 2010 Barack Obama (68%) scored a lopsided victory over John McCain (32%) in 2008, which wasn't a whole lot more uneven than Obama's win in Urbana (74% to …
In a press conference held at Busey Bank headquarters on Monday, marketing executives revealed that actor Gary Busey has been chosen as Busey Bank's new celebrity spokesperson. Busey, 66, has appeared in such films as The Buddy Holly Story (for which he was nominated for an Oscar), Lethal Weapon, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Firm, and Point Break. In the late 90's, Busey had a very public breakdown in which he confessed his addiction to cocaine and other …
The campaigns of both Champaign mayoral candidates are releasing new ads as they head into the final stretch before next Tuesday's election. Smile Politely has obtained the rights to exclusively debut both ads. In this ad from the Don Gerard campaign, another former local rocker stumps for the political newbie: You can check out previous entries into this series of ads here. Not to be outdone, incumbent mayor Jerry Schweighart just released a new ad, which is similar in tone …
Most of us do it without a thought — grab our keys, strap on our seatbelts, shift into drive, go from home to work, home to school, home to the grocery so many times that we don't remember the particulars. We don't remember closing the garage door behind us, stopping at the stop sign down the block, or putting the parking brake on. We didn't see the pedestrian waiting for us to yield at the crosswalk, the cyclist we cut …
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You’ll be delighted to know that the entire remainder of Urbana is low income housing. Also no income housing.
Will there be low income housing? Thought not. Class warfare is on!
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Just a point of correction. The vote was 7-1. Councilman Faraci was not present. What I find interesting on this “non-partisan” council is that those most often interpreted to be the “liberals” on the council, felt it necessary to excuse themselves and hum and haw to…
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Pamela - Are the roasteries in Seattle as clean as CSR? It always disturbs me a little that it is so clean in there.
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Love CSR. Apart from making my way through the regular roasts in 1/2 pound increments, I also like to pick up some of the little sample packets of the flavored stuff for when the lady and I feel like getting crazy. Sticky Bun is pretty nice.
If you happen to be getting a divorce, or fighting a DUI prosecution, downtown Urbana is a great place to eat.
HUUUUUUGE fan of their Black Velvet roast…It makes up about 75% of my coffee intake. LOL CSR is definitely one of those Champaign institutions that I brag about to people not from here. :-)
We like CSR too! We french press at home and I leave the lid off while it steeps—letting the ground beans bloom. Then, like in your tasting, I scoop off the top layer before pressing. We really need to invest in a burr grinder though, as I…
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Thanks for that, Louis CK.
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Clearly the Postal Officials in favor of this cannot make an economic argument, as this saves the post office $0. What is their rationale?
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