Champaign County Community Leaders for Major Change invite you to join us in supporting candidates who will work to make our community a safer, better place to live.

Are you as concerned about public safety in Champaign-Urbana as we are? 

• Shootings and mob actions are on the rise.
• Our families and businesses are suffering.
• Our culture and economy are being threatened on a daily basis.

Who is responsible for the deterioration in our local quality of life?  We can only look to our city and county government to know the reasons behind this mess.  The Champaign Police Department and Champaign County Sheriff’s Office have both seen a significant reduction in personnel. 

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I want to introduce myself as the newly elected Chairman of the Champaign County Republican Party. First, let me thank the Champaign County Precinct Committeepersons for their trust in me, shown in their unanimous vote to elect me as GOP Party Chair. 

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The CCGOP has a new Headquarters located at 103 West Kirby Ave. in Champaign. Many will recognize this   as the former Monical's pizza building.

Office hours will be: M-F from 9am - 4pm starting soon. The facility will be staffed by local Republican volunteers.

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By Ken Chumbley

When a government becomes ungovernable, when the mechanisms of justice are corrupted by injustice, it’s time the sleeping giant that is the American dream awaken to renew and reclaim itself.   

Military and Political strategy are not all that different. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur once penned an article entitled “Requisites for Military Success,” in which he identified four crucial factors.                                    

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2022 State and Local Candidates for the Republican Party (including primary winners) are listed in the tables below. Candidate's websites are linked to names when available. 

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The 2022 Lincoln Day Dinner took place on May 21 at Carmon's in downtown Champaign. With over 230 in attendance and a great showing from local and statewide candidates, the evening was fun and informative. Our panel on Crime in our Community included Amber Oberheim, Von Young, John Hecker and Sam Limentato. Our emcee for the evening was "Big Mike" Namoff. A delicious dinner by Hickory River was enjoyed by all and delicious Bundtini's capped off the evening.

Panel Discussion on Crime in our Community

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By Jeff Wilson

I recently attended an Active Senior Republican (ASR) for the Champaign County GOP on May 2 at the Champaign Library.  The room was packed, full of energetic and concerned citizens who are striving to make a positive and lasting improvement to our communities in Champaign County.  The guest speaker for this meeting was Brad Halbrook (State Representative (District 102), he provided a report on the results and impacts of the spring 2022 general assembly legislative session.  At the meeting, members also took up a collection for the Salvation Army Champaign County Food Pantry.

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Introduction:

The News-Gazette is running a series on Gun Violence: A Community Conversation.  As of February 28, 18 articles have been issued.  Each article highlights various conversations from the Community.  The genesis of these articles began in December with the open acknowledgement that Champaign-Urbana nears the top 2021 lists for homicides of 400 similar size communities.  Twenty-six lives lost, more than double the number in 2020.  Among them, a decorated Champaign police officer, and 13 victims under the age of 25.  Also, a record 350 confirmed incidents of shots fired. 

2022 is not looking favorable.

Confirmed shootings are at more than two dozen.  Death by gun - four.  Without immediate intervention, this year will be worse than last.

Local entrepreneur Mike Namoff (Big Mike) thinks big. Last December, Mike, on his own initiative organized a successful party/fundraiser to raise money for the “Shop with a Cop” program.  Mike believes police officers across the country are taking an unfair hit in the midst of the national “defund the police” hysteria. Lack of municipal leadership has had a significant negative effect on local police officers.  This needs to change.  Namoff is thinking he may run for mayor of Champaign in 2023 to do something about it.

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