[ACLU-CU ALERT] Fwd: 📣📣📣One-Minute Action Item: Call-in to Stop the Misuse of COVID Funds📣📣📣

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

ACLU of Champaign County

*PLEASE CONTACT YOUR COUNTY BOARD REP TODAY. *
*ALL CONTACT INFO and how to identify your rep IS BELOW.*

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*Thank you!*



SAMPLE SCRIPT:

“Hello, my name is _________________. I’m a constituent in your district
and am calling to ask that you vote “no” on the proposal to spend American
Rescue Plan funds on the Champaign County Satellite Jail. Those funds are
intended for facilities negatively affected by the pandemic. The local jail
does not meet that criterion, and jails in general are proven sites of
deadly COVID spread. Investing recovery money in the Champaign County Jail
misallocates funds that should be used to improve social services that
support our community’s health and safety.”

Why Are We Doing This?

On Thursday (11/18), the Champaign County Board will be voting to dedicate
$5 million in American Rescue Plan funds toward the Champaign County
Satellite Jail.

The allocation of coronavirus recovery funds to the jail would provide
COVID relief to a facility whose finances have not been negatively impacted
by the pandemic. Quite the contrary, in the 2019-2020 fiscal year,
Champaign County collected $9 million in bail money — nearly $5 million
more than the previous year.

Further, this proposed expenditure would come at a time when the
implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act
<https://endmoneybond.org/pretrialfairness/> will have drastically reduced
the jail population and rendered changes to the facility unnecessary.

In addition to calling your County Board members, you can also attend the
County Board meeting this Thursday, 6:30 PM at the Brookens Center (1776 E
Washington St, Urbana) and voice your opposition during the meeting’s
public comments section.

Your district’s County Board members’ contact info is below. To find your
district, please see these links:

http://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/cbmembers.php

https://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/county-board/board-members-district-maps

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COUNTY BOARD MEMBER CONTACT INFO

District 1

Jacob Paul

Office Phone: (217)351-7653

Email: 217jpaul at gmail.com

Jim Goss

Phone: 217-202-6557

Email: jegoss64 at gmail.com

District 2

Jodi Wolken

Phone: 217-841-1623

Email: jwolken4 at aol.com

Diane Michaels

Phone: 217-892-4287

Email: michaels at illicom.net

District 3

Aaron Esry

Phone: 217-840-6884

Email: ale7496 at yahoo.com

Stanley C. Harper

Phone: 217-369-2986

Email: stancharper at gmail.com

District 4

Brad Passalacqua

Phone: 217-778-0119

Email: bpassalacqua2020 at gmail.com

Jim McGuire

Email: jimmcgu1 at gmail.com

District 5

Bethany Vanichtheeranont

Phone: 779-903-4674

Email: Champaigncbdistrict5 at gmail.com

Leah Taylor

Email: leahtaylor100 at gmail.com

District 6

Samantha Carter

Phone: 217-351-9780

Email: jazzielooks at gmail.com

Jenny Lokshin

Phone: 217-329-5906

Email: jenny.lokshin at gmail.com

District 7

Eric Thorsland

Email: ericfor1 at yahoo.com

Kyle Patterson

Phone: 217-840-2317

Email: kylepatterson at co.champaign.il.us

District 8

Stephanie Fortado

Phone: 217-722-7544

Email: fortadoccb at gmail.com

Emily Rodriguez

Email: erodriguez at co.champaign.il.us

District 9

Jennifer Straub

Email: jennifer.straub61801 at gmail.com

Steve Summers

Email: ssummers at co.champaign.il.us

District 10

Chris Stohr

Phone: 217-328-4071

Email: cstohr.ccbd10 at gmail.com

Mary King

Phone: 217-714-7055

Email: maryking4countyboard at gmail.com

District 11

Lorraine Cowart

Phone: 217-355-9042

Email: lcowart at co.champaign.il.us
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