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	<title>Peoria Pundit &#187; Caterpillar</title>
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		<title>Is PHA board shuffle bad news for Taft Homes?</title>
		<link>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2010/01/11/is-pha-board-shuffle-bad-news-for-taft-homes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peoria Housing Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peoria Riverfront Museum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long-time member of the Peoria Housing Authority board is getting replaced with a Caterpillar cemployee:
Mayor Jim Ardis said Aurthur Perkins, who first joined the PHA board in 1996, is not being appointed to another term by him this week, though he noted that all commissioners do a &#8220;great job.&#8221; Ardis said a person with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayers to cough up $78 million for Caterpillar&#8217;s museum</title>
		<link>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2010/01/05/taxpayers-to-cough-up-78-million-for-caterpillars-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking News!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merle Widmer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merle Widmer has some breaking news about the Peoria Riverfront Museum:
Even though I am a member of the Peoria County Board, I did not learn until yesterday that the Federal Government through New Market Tax Credits (taxpayer dollars), approximately $6,201,572.00, will complete the funding of the PRM building bringing the total of local, state and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peoria employees to be trained the Caterpillar way</title>
		<link>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2009/12/28/peoria-employees-to-be-trained-the-caterpillar-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar will soon have even more influence on local government.
The city of Peoria could be turning to Caterpillar Inc. for some help.
City Manager Scott Moore said recently that Caterpillar may lend professional assistance in training city employees who are looking to move up the professional ladder. It&#8217;s called succession planning.
I wonder if the training includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caterpillar won&#8217;t give retirees the time of day</title>
		<link>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2009/10/08/caterpillar-wont-give-retirees-the-time-of-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hear from a tipster that Caterpillar will ship out their 2010 calender next week. But they&#8217;ve apparently decided to not send them to retirees any more.
Of course, retirees can still buy one from the Peoria CAT Merchandise Store in Peoria, or from  www.shop.cat.com for the low, low price of $9.95.
Here are some possibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good news for Caterpillar employees</title>
		<link>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2009/08/03/good-news-for-caterpillar-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osf]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a press release:
Peoria, Illinois (August 3, 2009)&#8211;For the first time since 1992, Caterpillar employees and retirees who participate in the Caterpillar Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan will be able to choose Methodist Medical Center for their healthcare needs when Methodist joins the Caterpillar PPO network next July. A new three-year Caterpillar preferred provider contract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These two stories are completely unrelated</title>
		<link>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2009/07/10/these-two-stories-are-completely-unrelated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Johnson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bad news for people who count on their job at Caterpillar to pay their bills:
Thousands of Caterpillar Inc. employees will be either on vacation or temporarily laid off in the Peoria area over the next two weeks, the company confirmed Friday.
Too bad folks. I&#8217;m sure the band won&#8217;t mind you missing a payment.
But all is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum project is already creating jobs</title>
		<link>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2009/06/21/museum-project-is-already-creating-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2009/06/21/museum-project-is-already-creating-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy Dennis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merle Widmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[museum tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Merle Widmer:
Oh, I forgot, building the museum is jobs but why haven&#8217;t they stated building? All those private donations sitting in banks drawing little interest while building costs are escalating. Remember, Mark Johnson, retired from Caterpillar, who our administrator wants to hire to help him with the museum takeover, said rising construction costs caused [...]]]></description>
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