Today’s news: More than enough corruption and stupidity to go around

September 15, 2007
By Billy Dennis

Links via the Journal Star:

  • The people who run the Peoria Public Library say they’ve learned their lesson. They got reamed but good for selecting behind closed doors a firm to do preliminary design work for its new building project. So they put the project out for bid. So which firm is among the three finalists? The exact same firm they wanted to hire without a bid. Gee, I wonder who they will select … ?
  • Lets test a theory: If you put a bunch of people in a room who are predisposed  to using taxpayer money on artsy-fartsy stuff, will they agree that it’s in the city’s best interest to spend taxpayer money on artsy-fartsy stuff, or will they instead say, “Oh, no. By all means. Lets pay off the Peoria Civic Center’s debt first.” The answer is here.
  • Lisa Madigan hates Pekin. Obviously, this is true because the Illinois Attorney General doesn’t want them to have to breath the fumes from burning coal.
  • Lisa Madigan hates Knox County. That’s why a Knox County judge issued a ruling saying the Illinois Attorney general can’t prosecute the Knox County State’s Attorney. Why? Because the county didn’t indict him. Of course, the judge says he may be wrong and not actually have the authority to make that ruling. It would be nice if judges only made ruling they were sure they had the authority could make …
  • Thee weeks ago, Judge Steve Kouri wasn’t sure he wanted to sentence attorney Robert Becker (who was convicted for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl) without knowing why expert witnesses differed so much. Now, without an answer to that question, Judge Kouri sentenced Becker  to prison for 14 years — the exact same sentence that was overturned previously. But not before spending much of the hearing complaining about media coverage of his statements three weeks ago. Why do I have the feeling this of going to be overturned again?
  • Crime rates are down overall in Illinois, but murders are up.
  • Crime rates are down overall in Peoria County, but murders are up.
  • Illinois voters will decide in November 2008 whether or not they want a Constitutional Convention. Naturally those who like things just they way they are are opposed. Those who don’t … well, they don’t have any power, so who cares what they want?
  • You know how the U.S. Department of Justice is supposed to fight corruption? You know how an audit found these clowns were paying $4 per meatball served at official functions?

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