We (Jimmie Lee Robinson, Bill Lavicka, Bill Wendt, and Steve Balkin) had to formally apply two weeks ahead to speak before the Board of Trustees. We were allowed five minutes each to speak. It was like two ships passing in the night. We had hoped to answer questions and engage in dialogue. None was permitted. Later that afternoon, the Board of Trustees, approved their previous plan for their South campus expansion without any discussion of our presentation or of the issue of historical preservation.
The meeting is about to begin(38K).
Displays we had up(47K) during our presentations.
Coalition member, preservation developer, and structural engineer Bill Lavicka addresses the Board of Trustees(52K).
Community activist Bill Wendt addressing(59K) the Board of Trustees.
Jimmie Lee Robinson (47K) waiting to speak.
Jimmie Lee Robinson singing(53K) the Maxwell Street Tear Down Blues. Bill Lavicka is holding the microphone.
Board of Trustees watching(54K)Jimmie Lee Robinson sing his presentation.
UIC Chancellor David Broksi(center) flanked by two guards, demonstrates inattention(50K),while one of the Trustees snooze(44K). Chancellor Broksi is not amused by the presentations.
Jimmie Lee Robinson leaving(51K) the Board of Trustees meeting.
"Well I don't know. Maybe they was listening,"remarks Jimmie Lee Robinson(45K) after leaving the meeting.
Jimmie Lee Robinson's cowboy boots with spurs(45K), which he uses to keep time. Jimmie Lee was the only one at the meeting wearing spurs.
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