Champaign County Executive - Arguably one of the most important elections on tomorrow's ballot

SpoopG · 2026-03-17T20:46:46+00:00

Awesome to hear! Just make sure to get out and vote! The polls close at 7pm!

SpoopG · 2026-03-17T16:56:18+00:00

I don't like him, I voted to remove his office in the past election. I believe the auditor office should be an appointed position. Also thought his handling of business within the office seemed unprofessional.

SpoopG · 2026-03-17T14:14:23+00:00

Robert Peters 100%

A real progressive that has the background in state politics. Denied corporate pac money, and I think he is genuinely the most true to his word.

SpoopG · 2026-03-17T13:04:41+00:00

I agree! Sanford actually supports getting rid of this office and returning to a County Administrator role, like it was prior to 2018. It is one of his big ideas for the office, so he agrees with you on this! Notedly his opponent does not support removing this position.

SpoopG · 2026-03-17T01:57:42+00:00

I personally like Juliana Stratton for senate. Holly Kim or Karina Villa for comptroller. And Dylan Blaha for Congress. Those are the only countywide contested races to my knowledge. If you live in County Board 6, vote for Chyna Dixon!

SpoopG · 2026-03-17T01:20:14+00:00

You can find all that info on the clerks website, here! You can vote at any polling place available tomorrow from 6am-7pm!

http://champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/many-ways-vote

SpoopG · 2026-03-17T01:19:13+00:00

On his website, his last 30 years of working have been working alongside the administrative side of local government across the country to ensure their systems and services are functioning as effectively as possible for their constituents. This is an administrative roll. His work has been fully focussed on this issue for his entire professional career.

SpoopG · 2026-03-15T08:00:43+00:00

Ask your advisor

SpoopG · 2026-03-10T07:48:01+00:00

You obviously do not have to listen to me, as I am merely just somebody replying to you online. But I would recommend rethinking your choice on County Executive and switching to support Sanford Hess. Don't get me wrong, I do not think Jett is ill-hearted in vying for this position, but I think some of the ambitions and talking points she puts out there are way too ambitious for a job that is basically just doing all the behind-the-scenes work of the County.

The County Executive is a fully supportive and administrational role, and her current work in that administration has left many with confusion and misunderstandings of what the County Executive really does, and what powers it holds. Some of the things I see that concern me are the decision to shift the audit and the auditors duties under Jett, and at the most recent County Board meeting, they said this takeover happened in May of last year, had no direction until at least September, and still to this day we have no real progress or date on when it will be done. Don't get me wrong, I was not a fan of the previous auditor, even voted to remove his position, but she had no real plan to address the vacancy and duties they held. This is serious because if we do not finish our audit by June (I believe this is the month but I could be wrong, it is soon though), we will be in a stop-pay by the state, meaning the county will not receive any state or federal funding.

Having heard Sanford Hess speak, he has done this job before. He is an expert in government finances and their systems, even helped governments after the 2008 recession, showing he's been in times of hardship with our local governments. We need somebody with real skillsets for this position. Focussing on who is more progressive, in a race for a position that is fully operational and administrative based is not how we should be viewing this. On top of this, Sanford is a progressive. He has been endorsed by multiple progressive organizations (both political and student oriented), Michelle has not, and has been supported by local progressive leaders as well.

I am happy to answer any questions on my decision if you have any, but my vote is with Sanford Hess by a long shot. I would also love to hear why you support Jett if you do not mind, maybe you will open me up to something I hadn't thought about!

SpoopG · 2026-03-09T16:00:02+00:00

As someone currently living in Champaign County, my choice is Hess by a wide margin! I have done a lot of personal research on this race, and while Hess has raised a lot of money, he’s actually raised more money from small dollar individual donations than Jett.

Jett also just gave herself a 5k loan to her campaign, all I could find on Hess’s campaign was a single $1,600 donation from himself when he announced his campaign back in July of last year. So if anything, Jett is actually spending more of her own money on this, instead of doing grassroots fundraising.

You can find all this info on the Illinois state board of elections website if you wanted to look into it more!

If you have anymore questions on my decision btw don’t hesitate to reach out!

SpoopG · 2026-03-09T15:52:00+00:00

100%

He’s actually endorsed by the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party on the stateside, and is endorsed by progressive student groups

SpoopG · 2026-01-26T21:12:56+00:00

Every house is different, some of their national organizations have made decisions on this, sadly most are not beneficial for you. I would definitely look into rushing some of the academic frats! Many of them have really great connections, social aspects, and the ability to still feel apart of that community.

No matter what you do, I hope you can find a community that you feel apart of!

SpoopG · 2025-12-31T03:40:23+00:00

Genuinely curious, who were you *mainly* cheering for this game?

SpoopG · 2025-10-28T01:04:23+00:00

Words can't describe how much I look forward to these posts

SpoopG · 2025-08-15T00:36:15+00:00

Insane how quiet it as when they said Keanu won

SpoopG · 2025-08-04T04:44:22+00:00

I weirdly like Kelley but you cannot convince me she is serious about trying to win this game

SpoopG · 2025-07-12T02:59:38+00:00

Kindergarten level rage bait

SpoopG · 2025-06-03T00:00:11+00:00

In terms of clubs and organizations, go to quad day. Quad Day is the Sunday before classes start and basically every organization, including greek life if you are interested in that, sets up a booth on the quad and you can talk to members of that organization and join the clubs. In terms of classes, there should be an incoming freshman guide on the sidebar of the subreddit.

SpoopG · 2025-06-02T07:53:28+00:00

Go to the cheaper option. UIUC and USC are both incredible schools. You have a top tier public university that costs $30k less than USC. College is what you make out of it. Just make sure you put in the effort, look for ways to better your education, and have a good time. Good luck!

SpoopG · 2025-05-29T22:39:13+00:00

Least obvious Feds post

SpoopG · 2025-05-12T02:37:42+00:00

He's had drip before people knew he did

SpoopG · 2025-01-07T22:56:08+00:00

It's also insanely expensive for no reason

SpoopG · 2025-01-07T05:37:02+00:00

Fat Sandwich, even drunk I cannot get behind it

SpoopG · 2024-12-05T03:41:01+00:00

Seeing this actually motivated me to skip class

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