Peoria ChronicleAs someone who has been there — often — I don’t relish the idea of anyone losing their job. That’s that’s what’s facing some city workers at the the Workforce Network. The feds have apparently reduced their grant funding by $1.5 million, and as a result some 11 people are getting laid off, and there’s […]
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It’s Shawn Bill, a long-time commenter here. He’s calling it The Equipment Manager, Adventures of a Sports Dad. His very first post is today.
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Ms PH catches the Republican candidate for Peoria County Coroner not knowing what he’s talking about:
But what really irked me this morning was [George] Blackburn’s statement that he was more qualified for the job because his schooling is in “the humanities, like psychology and sociology.” What?? The Humanities are Classics, History, Languages, Literature, Law, […]
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Randall has a great post up at his site about how there are no pay phones available for use at the Greater Peoria Airport. It seems a friend of his arrived in town late one night and, after being told by a county sheriff’s department officer there were no pay phones available for use, had […]
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I hate to side with anonymous critics who refuse to put their name on comments, but I have to agree that perhaps Henry Holling isn’t the person who should be named interim Peoria City Manager.
This is what we know from today’s PJS article:
He’s going to be sentenced Friday for driving under the influence and for […]
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Peoria County State’s Attorney Kevin Lyons says that the guy who got arrested and charged with raping a girl two weeks ago is also guilty of three other similar assaults.
Monterius Hinkle was already in jail on charges he raped a 16-year-old Trewyn Middle School student on Jan. 16 when he was hauled before a judges […]
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I don’t really consider endorsements when I pick a candidate. What Jon Voight says about Rudy Guiliani or what Ted Kennedy (Ted Kennedy!!!) thinks of Barak Obama doesn’t hold a lot of water with me.
What does? Anti-endorsements! Who is campaigning AGAINST a certain candidate.
Let’s say I know someone whose opinions I find extremely grating or […]
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I received the following email today :
We need your help to make Peoria a better place to live, work, and play. The City is currently updating our Comprehensive Plan, the “Master Plan” for the development of Peoria over the next fifteen to twenty years. Public input is necessary to make this planning process a success.
Below is a […]
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From the Peoria City Clerk’s office:
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5:05 P.M.
Part 1
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES & COMMUNICATIONS
1. REQUEST for APPROVAL of a MOTION for the CITY COUNCIL to go into EXECUTIVE SESSION to Discuss 2(c)(1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or […]
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It’s called a smoking hut. And it’s what the Chicago Tribune says employers are resorting to in an effort to protect their employees from the elements because they are not allowed by state law to smoke indoors. Sure tobacco isn’t healthy. Neither is pneumonia. Good thing the government is there to protect employees from unhealthy […]
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Peoria Illinoisan tells me the site been down since 7 a.m. It’s 10 a.m. when I get the message.
It’s 10:10 a.m. when I send an terse email to the guy who runs my hosting company.
I loath waking up to server issues.
UPDATE: It’s all back up. And there are more promises to fix the issue. *Sigh*
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Here’s the scoop:
Blogger Bash
Tuesday, January 29th, 2007
6 PM-???
Buffalo Wild Wings
5121 W American Prairie Dr
Peoria, IL 61615
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WTVP has reached a tentative deal with its creditors. All it’s gonna take is another $450,000 in donations to the station, and the bank won’t kick ‘em out of their fancy-schmancy studio on the Riverfront and liquidate everything.
They’ve got until until Feb. 28 to do it.
Here’s the problem. We’re right in the middle of a […]
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There are precious few updated polls for the Illinois, but here is what I have.
A poll of 500 Likely Voters last week (through Thursday) show the Democratic race shaping up like this”
Obama 51%
Clinton 22%
Edwards 15%
Not a shocker and pretty much guarantees I’ll be asking for a Republican ballot on Tuesday.
So, what say the Republicans?
McCain 31%
Romney […]
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