Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin has initiated a new solution to problems emerging within the City government: simply prohibit the public from making critical comments. Marlin performed a test-run of her new rules for public input at the September 14th, 2020 Urbana City Council meeting. Marlin chaired the meeting with an…
At the Urbana City Council meeting on September 8th, 2020 (video here), Chicago firm Hillard Heintze presented their report of Aleyah Lewis arrest. Following the violent arrest of Urbana resident Aleyah Lewis, Urbana Police Department (UPD) performed an internal review of the incident and concluded that the actions of the…
The City of Urbana has been restricting access to public records by charging exorbitant fees to residents who make Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Much of the effort to barricade the public from access to records has been in regards to police misconduct. This became a contemptuous issue after…
