Comments on: Today’s budget meeting, 5/19/2006 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/ Media and news from the original river city Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:32:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Options Price Reporting Authority http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/comment-page-1/#comment-95502 Options Price Reporting Authority Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:45:43 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/?p=6029#comment-95502 Glad to see someone is staying on top of things. Glad to see someone is staying on top of things.

]]> By: Peoria Pundit is on the air … » Peoria Pundit http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/comment-page-1/#comment-29612 Peoria Pundit is on the air … » Peoria Pundit Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:00:19 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/?p=6029#comment-29612 [...] Readers might recall that I had some advice for WEEK on how to make the 9 p.m. broadcast stand out from the others. I haven’t had an opportunity to see the newscast, but I hear they are fond of somewhat lengthy interviews with newsmakers. That would seem to go a long way to making this show a newscast for people who are fond of the news. [...] [...] Readers might recall that I had some advice for WEEK on how to make the 9 p.m. broadcast stand out from the others. I haven’t had an opportunity to see the newscast, but I hear they are fond of somewhat lengthy interviews with newsmakers. That would seem to go a long way to making this show a newscast for people who are fond of the news. [...]

]]> By: prego man http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/comment-page-1/#comment-20832 prego man Sun, 21 May 2006 07:04:55 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/?p=6029#comment-20832 I said it before, and others have, as well. The solution was easy from the start, and remains easy to this day. Send all of the kids that go to Glen Oak School to surrounding schools for the year and a half that you'll need to put up a new school. On the day after school ends, simply begin knocking down the old school. Clear it off, and throw up the new one. When it's done, bring all of the kids back. Repeat this process with every other school that they want to replace. For those schools that are architecturally interesting and might have other commercial or such issues, don't knock 'em down. THEN, find surrounding land to buy up and build on. Believe me, there's plenty of that in Southtown and the Bluff areas. AND, in those cases, TRY to use some common sense, and don't pay $140,000 for a house that might pull in, say, $55,000 on the open market. A tip of the Stupidity Helmet to the 150 School Board for proving, once again, that the Board is filled with the biggest dumb arses the planet might have ever known. One house they bought for about $125,000 allowed the people living there to buy a house across the river. The fact that the house they're leaving was worth less than half that on the open market just rubs salt into the wound. If Sean Matheson could grow a beard, I'd advise him to go incognito, so that folks couldn't locate him and razz him. Oh well... there's always the Costume Trunk. I said it before, and others have, as well. The solution was easy from the start, and remains easy to this day. Send all of the kids that go to Glen Oak School to surrounding schools for the year and a half that you’ll need to put up a new school. On the day after school ends, simply begin knocking down the old school. Clear it off, and throw up the new one. When it’s done, bring all of the kids back. Repeat this process with every other school that they want to replace. For those schools that are architecturally interesting and might have other commercial or such issues, don’t knock ‘em down. THEN, find surrounding land to buy up and build on. Believe me, there’s plenty of that in Southtown and the Bluff areas. AND, in those cases, TRY to use some common sense, and don’t pay $140,000 for a house that might pull in, say, $55,000 on the open market.

A tip of the Stupidity Helmet to the 150 School Board for proving, once again, that the Board is filled with the biggest dumb arses the planet might have ever known. One house they bought for about $125,000 allowed the people living there to buy a house across the river. The fact that the house they’re leaving was worth less than half that on the open market just rubs salt into the wound. If Sean Matheson could grow a beard, I’d advise him to go incognito, so that folks couldn’t locate him and razz him. Oh well… there’s always the Costume Trunk.

]]> By: Conrad Stinnett http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/comment-page-1/#comment-20479 Conrad Stinnett Sat, 20 May 2006 21:06:16 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/?p=6029#comment-20479 Glen Oak School was placed where it is currently located for a reason. it is in the heart of the neighborhood it serves and is a part of that neighborhood. Hinton and company have bugs up their collective butts that the new school needs to be in the park and, like all all whiner-babies, will take their ball and go home if they can\\\'t have their way. Peoria Public Schools exist to serve the Peoria Public. The affected Peoria Public wants their neighborhoood school on the site of the present neighborhood school. If it can be done that way, it should be. Nuff said! Glen Oak School was placed where it is currently located for a reason. it is in the heart of the neighborhood it serves and is a part of that neighborhood. Hinton and company have bugs up their collective butts that the new school needs to be in the park and, like all all whiner-babies, will take their ball and go home if they can\\\’t have their way. Peoria Public Schools exist to serve the Peoria Public. The affected Peoria Public wants their neighborhoood school on the site of the present neighborhood school. If it can be done that way, it should be. Nuff said!

]]> By: Emtronics http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/comment-page-1/#comment-20264 Emtronics Sat, 20 May 2006 15:49:31 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/?p=6029#comment-20264 Where should it be? What concessions would the school board want from the city?? Christ, they are wanting to build new schools. If the bluffs don't want them, then the southside would love them. Too much whinning going on here. Where should it be? What concessions would the school board want from the city?? Christ, they are wanting to build new schools. If the bluffs don’t want them, then the southside would love them. Too much whinning going on here.

]]> By: roman II http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/comment-page-1/#comment-20255 roman II Sat, 20 May 2006 14:16:52 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/?p=6029#comment-20255 If the school board cannot get out of buying the property they have already committed to, then hello to the new school/park/zoo site and goodbye to the wishes of the East Bluff residents and other taxpayers. There is no way Ken Hinton can save face if they are stuck with spending the $750000.00 already committed. This school board does not have the spine tostop the powerbrokers behind this; three of them have already spoken out about their vote. This is probably the most blatant act a public body has ever undertaken in Peoria, but, what's new? Wonder why Ransburg wanted on the school board? Let's see how the City Council will treat them when they begin asking for concessions from the city, wonder if the six weak sisters will go along with the money-very seriously doubt it. Let's put this baby to sleep and build that school where itshould be, and then lselllthe land on Prospect to the Park District for their Zoo. If the school board cannot get out of buying the property they have already committed to, then hello to the new school/park/zoo site and goodbye to the wishes of the East Bluff residents and other taxpayers. There is no way Ken Hinton can save face if they are stuck with spending the $750000.00 already committed. This school board does not have the spine tostop the powerbrokers behind this; three of them have already spoken out about their vote. This is probably the most blatant act a public body has ever undertaken in Peoria, but, what’s new? Wonder why Ransburg wanted on the school board? Let’s see how the City Council will treat them when they begin asking for concessions from the city, wonder if the six weak sisters will go along with the money-very seriously doubt it. Let’s put this baby to sleep and build that school where itshould be, and then lselllthe land on Prospect to the Park District for their Zoo.

]]> By: Emtronics http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2006/05/19/todays-budget-meeting-5192006/comment-page-1/#comment-20251 Emtronics Sat, 20 May 2006 13:29:25 +0000 http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/?p=6029#comment-20251 Geez, I stopped watching local TV sometime ago. The news is one big commercial. They start a story, then say see the rest a 6pm or 10 pm. Or they send out an anchor to do a special story which amounts to nothing because they only have 5 minutes which they break into 2 parts. (see the rest at 10) or they say ,"This is what you'll see tomorrow in our news partner, the Pantagraph" The weather is done by s spiffy graphics program setup most likely 10 minutes before the newscast by reading the NWS. I could do better with an 8 ball. Sports? Some guy with hair that looks like it came from the band Devoe. It's always a man and a woman news team handing off lines like they care. The woman will, with a staright face, say 10 died today in Iraq, then turn and say, How's the weather tomorow Bob?? So phony. Do away with local news at 5 and 6, show morning and 10 pm only and run a crawl for weather and sports. Geez, I stopped watching local TV sometime ago. The news is one big commercial. They start a story, then say see the rest a 6pm or 10 pm. Or they send out an anchor to do a special story which amounts to nothing because they only have 5 minutes which they break into 2 parts. (see the rest at 10) or they say ,”This is what you’ll see tomorrow in our news partner, the Pantagraph” The weather is done by s spiffy graphics program setup most likely 10 minutes before the newscast by reading the NWS. I could do better with an 8 ball. Sports? Some guy with hair that looks like it came from the band Devoe. It’s always a man and a woman news team handing off lines like they care. The woman will, with a staright face, say 10 died today in Iraq, then turn and say, How’s the weather tomorow Bob?? So phony. Do away with local news at 5 and 6, show morning and 10 pm only and run a crawl for weather and sports.

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