Peoria ChronicleI am to first to admit that I can be a bit absent minded. And when I’m ticked off, I get get very damn stubborn.
And I probably shouldn’t post this. I usually regret posting when I’m mad, and I might very well take this post down later. No doubt I’ll take my lumps from commenters.
Not […]
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All the links are via the Journal Star. The snarky commentary is my own:
All the big-shots were on hand to officially open the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center on West Main yesterday. My two cents: Here’s an innovative idea: Lower taxes, remove local rules than stifle commerce, take care of essential city services, and then sit […]
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Count on big support from the police for Darin LaHood.
“You are going to see a lot of people in law enforcement … who are very, very disgruntled with Kevin Lyons,” LaHood said. Police officers and ordinary citizens have told him that crime is the biggest issue Peoria faces, and that they are not happy with […]
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This is the Best. News. Ever.:
Peoria, IL – Darin LaHood (39), a Peoria attorney, today issued a statement declaring his candidacy for Peoria County State’s Attorney where he will face a 20-year incumbent on the ballot in November 2008. The Republican LaHood noted his experience prosecuting violent crimes in the Peoria area and elsewhere and […]
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Forgive the paucity of posts. Normally, I’d spend a day off work blogging like a madman.
But I’m spending the day doing laundry, doing housework, eating dinner with my folks and updating the Community Word Website. It’s a good newsy issue, and Roger Monroe’s column has some juicy gossip … from his conservative perspective, of course.
I […]
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Like the Journal Star, the Dubuque, Iowa, newspaper also has problems with racists leaving comments on their Website:
Simmering racial tensions boiled over on the Telegraph Herald Web site Sunday morning after the stabbing death of Nicholas Blackburn, a white man, allegedly at the hands of Kenyatta Harlston Sr., a black man.
A photo of a lynched […]
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I have no real complaint with the content of Pam Adams’ column in today’s Journal Star, except that she is confused about music:
When Otis Redding sang “A Change is Gonna Come,” they didn’t dream it would come like this. They may be thinking old school, but their old classmates, Hinton and Hannah, are talking up […]
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This article about a fired Peoria Police officer contains some damning stuff
The officer, seven-year patrolman Earl E. Jackson II, 32, of Peoria, violated department policy by bringing the suspect to the victim’s house, then failed to write a report on the “show-up,” or identification of a suspect by a victim, sources said. There also was […]
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Peoria
• Motorists should expect temporary lane reductions on east and westbound I-74 from Perry Avenue to Nebraska Avenue from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, for striping work.
• Crews also will stripe the following entrance and exit ramps […]
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I’m sorry, but I just can’t see former B.U. Coach and current Canton resident Dick Versace winning election to Congress. Maybe he could win the Democratic nomination, but not everyone in the 18th District is a Braves fan. They are almost certainly not Pacers fans.
And if he wins, would the GOP members taunt him by […]
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Peoria City Council member Robert Manning relentlessly grilled Lakeview Museum Board President Jim Vergon what their “Plan B” is should the state not come up with the New Market Tax Credits that backers all but assured the city is a done deal. He never really came up with an answer, other than sputtering some vague […]
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Some links to keep readers amused while I attempt to proofread all that liveblogging from last night:
Once again, proof that MySpace is evil. Evil. EVIL! Or, at least, evidence that some people are stupid and mean.
Nipple Nazis Breast feeding enthusiasts are on the march in Kentucky!
You mean those two unconfirmed and unverified reports of astronauts […]
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Back from “five minute” recess:
New proposal:
TIF funding generated by commercial space will now be available for new commercial development.
Commercial space will be available for $1 per year.
These were added to existing motion.
Motion passed 9-1, Sandberg passed, Eric Turner abstaining.
New business: Opening of Innovation Center. 801 W. Main. 10 a.m. Aug. 30. Manpower facility on Main […]
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Communication from the City Manager Regarding a SECOND AMENDMENT to the CITY OF PEORIA/MUSEUM BLOCK REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, and Requesting Authorization for the City Manager to Execute the Necessary Documents. (New Communication) (Refer to Item No. 07-388)
Turner abstains. Gully moves to approve the second amendment.
Sandberg once again upset that there is NO rendering of new […]
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Item 10: Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a PRESENTATION by the PEORIA AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU and with a Request to Approve an AMENDMENT to the 1996 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT Between the CITY OF PEORIA and the PEORIA CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement.
City Council […]
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