There’s no Peoria City Council meeting tonight, so Johnathon Ahl will run a special edition of “Outside the Horseshoe.” He’s going to replay Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis’ “State of the City” address, after which C.J. Summers and I will offer commentary.
It all starts at 7 p.m. on WCBU 89.9 FM.
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I’ve been urging Peoria to get ahead of the curve and initiate a city-wide wireless broadband Internet service. It’s becoming increasingly clear that it’s becoming a case of avoiding failling too far behind the curve. Rockford is already doing what we here in River City are only beginning to talk about.
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Today’s Word on the Street column in the Journal Star takes a look at Mayor Jim Ardis’ ’state of the city” speech. Quite wisely, the column addresses the speech from the point of view of LaVetta Ricca, president of the Old Town South Neighborhood Association.
Several people sent me a link to this about about municipal wireless system in Milwaukee. I’m not really all that impressed:
Dave Haney has a nice article on the spiffy new remodeling project at Dunlap High School. The article also discusses plans for future growth at the district. Here’s the problem, while the Village of Dunlap is an autonomous municipality, the “Dunlap” school system is served people who live in and around Dunlap and in the […]
Remember that scene from “Animal House” where Stratton (Tim Matheson) is trying to console Dorfman (Stephen Furst), who foolishly let the gang use his brother’s car for a road trip, only to see it damaged?
“Hey, you f***** up! You trusted us!”
That’s Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s message to anyone stupid enough to believe him:
For those who Brian Alexander is an East Bluff resident who was shot and murdered outside him home on Dec. 19, 2004. The man’s family has been very frustrated at the seeming lack of progress in this case.
Don’t give up! It’s harder to solve murders this long after they happen, but the more awareness there […]
The Journal Star has discovered something a lot of newspapers knew a decade ago: You can run editorial cartoons on the Internet:
The beauty of the Internet, of course, is that space is not a limitation, as it is in our print edition, where there’s room for only one cartoon a day. Readers now will get […]
From ABC News:
World News Tonight” anchor, Bob Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were injured after their convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq, today.
Woodruff and Vogt are undergoing surgery at the U.S. military hospital in Balad. Both men suffered head injuries. Woodruff sustained shrapnel wounds and Vogt was hit […]
Say what you want. Be civil.
I missed Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis’ “State of the City” speech this week. I’m sorry I did, because it’s obvious that there’s going to be some significant changes in Peoria, and many of them for the better.
Several months ago, City Council member Gary Sandberg questioned the design of underground parking envisioned for the Museum Square project. He was worried about the cost of making it structurally sound.
Guess what? He was right. It’s going to cost an additional $2.5 million to $3 million:
Someone wants to build a new hotel next to the Peoria Civic Center. Of course, they want taxpayers to give them some money to do it:
Oh, great! There’s more competition:
I figure Polly, Willy, Vonster and, of course, the Pundit shouldn’t get to have all the fun.
‘Of course, the Pundit …”
Heh. I like that.
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The mayors of Champaign and Urbana issued this joint press release:
