Miss Pot, meet Mr. Kettle

September 16, 2009
By Billy Dennis

DeWayne Bartels writes that he took an odd call from the other day:

She wanted me to get the word out that people from all over the Greater Peoria Area – Bartonville, Pekin, Morton, Washington, Dunlap, East Peoria — need to be at Monday’s District 150 School Board meeting. Residents from all these communities need to be present to tell the board that closing Central is a bad idea.

Woodruff, she said, is full of gang members. If parents are forced to send their kids to Woodruff they will move to North Peoria or surrounding cities. This mass exodus from Peoria is something the residents of these other communities have to be prepared for.

Yes. She IS a Pekin resident.

I wonder is she really thinks gang membership is unique to Woodruff.

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5 Responses to “ Miss Pot, meet Mr. Kettle ”

  1. Emtronics on September 16, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    Geez, if she is using gang members as an argument, that is weak. I am up at PHS almost every afternoon and I see arrests by Peoria Police of students at least twice a week if not more. I don’t think they are arresting the Glee Club.

  2. Emtronics on September 16, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    By the way Billy, I know you need funds, what would it cost me in a donation to get rid of John Vespa’s face. It is hard to type and keep food down with that face smiling at me.

  3. Billy Dennis on September 16, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Eantronics: If it means replacing John’s face with YOUR face, the price is $1,000,000.

  4. Emtronics on September 17, 2009 at 5:07 am

    Nope, not my face, I’ll pay just to get rid of the ad.

  5. tj on September 17, 2009 at 6:16 am

    My name is TJ Martin and I am a parent of 2 students at Peoria High. We are trying to raise support to keep PHS open. The Board of District 150 will be voting this coming Monday, Sept 21st on closing the school. If you are like us and do not want to see the school close, please send an email right away to

    savehighschools@yahoo.com

    We will then forward all the supporting emails to the Board. We need to have a strong voice against the closing of the schools in Peoria. Please help us make our voice ring loud. Thank you for your help.
    A Concerned Parent & Citizen
    TJ Martin