As is usual on a Saturday, there’s not much news in the Journal Star.
That doesn’t keep them from charging a $1 for a single copy.
Ewert’s plan to save Peoria’s Fire Station
In his last official act as interim city manager, Bern Ewert displayed, once again, his unwillingness to follow the explicit instructions of the majority of […]
Her name is Virginia Gerst, and she resigned from the Hollinger-owned
Suburban Chicago Pioneer Press
when management allowed
their marketing director to write a positive restaurant review after the
restauranteur complained about an earlier review. You can find her
resignation letter at the Poynter
site, posted on Aug. 28, 2003.
Good luck finding work in a lousy economy, Virginia. It […]
… You want to slap the next person who says, “Must be nice to work 8
to 3:20 and have summers free.”
… You believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick.
Funny stuff from The Braden Files
, and good info to have on hand as
I try to start a new career as a substitute […]
I took another look at the /Journal Star/ and found several other otems
of interest.
? Football bonds hard to break for quintet
Phil Luciano writes about a bunch of geezers who meet at a bar every
week to relive their glory days. It’s an incredibly sappy little story
and I loved every word of it.
? Madigan awards victims’ aid […]
When World Church of the Creator member Benjamin Smith resigned from the group in writing, then went on a multi-state killing spree, it followed a strategy available on many hate groups’ Web sites. These sites urge racists who believe it is necessary to take violent action to first protect their groups from criminal charges and […]
Stupid Angry Canajun has
declared me a “closet canajun.”
I am honored. SAC (I do know which gender of pronoun to use) also sent
me the following e-mail: “I may not understand everything you wrote but
I know what I love, and I love it.” Thanks! (I think)
Sarah Okeson has posted a letter on Romenesko
about the difficulties of being a
mother and working as a /Journal Star/ police reporter. An excerpt:
I won’t say that my bosses have always been supportive - I was
yelled at for coming in late to work after an ultrasound - […]
The /Journal Star/ keeps track of some nutty behavior from our elected
officials.
/*JS:*/ Amended bill exempts Peoria County
DeWayne Bartels wrote about this issue back when I edited the Peoria
Times-Observer. Now that the Zeller Mental Health Center is closed,
deputies are now being used to drive back and forth across the state
looking for places to treat former Zeller […]
Someone asked why I post links to news stories on Peoria media websites,
and why I do not bother to offer commentary on many of them. Here is
why: There are no Peoria media Websites. The /Journal Star/, WMBD 1470FM
and CBS-31 all have offices in Peoria. But much of their news — as well
as reports from Tazewell […]
OK, I bit the bullet and waded through Peoria’s media Websites and
scrounged up some news links. *CBS 31:*
? Joseph Nichols Found In Arkansas Living Under Alias
? Norwood Elementary Students Learning From NASA
? Keystone Steel And Wire To Cut 46 More Jobs
? Two New Illinois Meth Laws Go Into Effect
Yeah, well, that ought to solve the […]
I have several irons in the fire right now — all related to my efforts
to secure meaningful employment. Forgive my recent reduction of the
number of posts.
I might have some related news in a week or two.
There was some Peoria news of interest in Tuesday’s /Journal Star/ …
but none of it was posted on the JS news site. Today, however, they have
quite a few stories they are willing to share on the Internet.
/*JS:*/ Local biotech firm set to receive $3.6 million
A private company that markets technology developed at taxpayer expense
– currently […]
Just off the top of my head:
? The United States Senate shall have 90 calendar days from the date the
President of the United States appoints any person to fill a vacancy on
the federal bench or the U.S. Supreme Court to take a roll-call vote on
that appointment. The appointment shall be considered approved in any
case in […]
Reciprocal: Stupid Angry Canajun
(I’m on the blogroll) and Mind
of Mog , who links to my post on j-blogs
.
Hoping for a link: Graham Lester
, for a great post about
the bomb that ended slavery
.
Setting the World to Rights, for uncovering the truth about conspiracy
theories .
Via Creative Slips and Carnival of the
Vanities .
Remember: I am an […]
I was listening to Limbaugh to the radio as I drove around Peoria this
afternoon. He started to address the whole 10 Commandments mess in
Alabama . Of course, Rush
repeated all the standard rhetoric about how how the Constitutional
prohibition against the establishment of a religion is only meant to
apply to the states Congress and how there’s a […]
