Today’s News: Happy New Year

January 1, 2008
By Billy Dennis

Here are links to whet your appetite for tomorrow’s Journal Star:

  • But there’s not going to be any cameras: No doubt Aaron Schock is frustrated that he won’t be able to attend Wednesday’s 18th District candidate debate on foreign policy issues. Instead, he’ll be in Springfield, pretending that he has the slightest role to play in the legislative session called by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. I’m sure he was looking forward to standing there while his opponents ridicule his sell-nukes-to-Taiwan position, and have it broadcast to WCBU listeners. I mean, who would have thought that running for Congress might mean you miss a few sessions of the state legislature?
  • That’s some Jedi mind trick: Apparently executive recruitment firms have the ability to trick city government officials into thinking they’ve interviewed people for city manager jobs when in fact they really haven’t.
  • Misleading headline alert: Anyone who hasn’t been paying attention to Peoria City Council and Peoria School District 150 for the past six months or so might read the headline atop this article and think that city hall woke up and decided to raid the sidewalk fund to bribe the school district into building a new East Bluff school where the city wants it to build. The fact is that the money being discussed here is block grant money that can be used for virtually anything, provided its used in a poorer section of town, and this neighborhood qualifies. And the assistance comes about, in part, to make up for the temporary loss of tax revenue that comes from the city’s fondness for TIF districts.

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3 Responses to “ Today’s News: Happy New Year ”

  1. jeff on January 1, 2008 at 10:48 am

    I can all but assure you this will not be the last time Aaron skips a debate. He can’t debate. How are things going for Giuliani these days, Aaron? Vote for anybody but Schock.

  2. tom on January 2, 2008 at 8:50 am

    Did anyone know that the State ban smoking in public places? You would have thought the paper would have mentioned it. :)

  3. Tony on January 2, 2008 at 11:24 am

    My brother in law has done home repair/remodel work for Mr. and Mrs. Oliver. According to him they are among the most dishonest people he has ever met.