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Attorney resurrects pro-Chief billboard in light of 'critical conversation'

CHAMPAIGN — A familiar pro-Chief billboard has cropped up in Champaign after a 10-year hiatus.

Attorney John Gadau, a staunch Chief advocate, said he decided to resurrect the billboard he initially posted across Champaign around the time of the Chief's departure in 2007 because of the recent "critical conversation," which is designed to help the University of Illinois move beyond the controversy.

Gadau called that effort a "waste of time and money."

"The people who are pro-Chief that talk to the university and think they can reach some reasonable accord with them just were born yesterday.