Site news: Invitations

May 16, 2008

By Billy Dennis

Some announcements:

I’ve been playing around with my Facebook page, and I ended up sending invitations to about half the people in the mailing list. If you got one (or two or three, sorry about that), consider signing up. Facebook is a good way to network for business and social reasons.
And the mysterious Subway Conductor seems have a few misconceptions about me.
And Kudos, again, to Diane Vespa. She took to the airwaves to fight for quality education for District 150 kids.
And there’s some news over at The Blog Peoria Project.

Tags: Diane Vespa, district 150, facebook

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