After the rest of the news media turns off their microphones, cameras and voice recorders, I walked up to new Peoria City Manager Scott Moore and asked him a question:
‘Certainly you’ve seen news reports about the state of Illinois political leaders. Did it give you pause about coming here to Illinois?’
He just broke out...
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New city manager introduced to staff and the media
It’s all but official: Moore is Peoria’s new city manager
Multiple news outlets, including WEEK and the Peoria Journal Star, are confirming that Scott Moore will be announced as Peoria’s new city manager at a news conference at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Peoria City Hall in the council chambers.
Among the reactions in the Blogosphere is this one from Emerge Peoria:
I hope Mr. Moore is...
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Local: Randy Oliver a finalist in Durham, N.C.
According to this blogger, citing area media, former Peoria City Manager Randy Oliver is one of three finalists for city manager of Durham, N.C.
I commented on Randy’s situation here in Peoria, but he would like to hear from Peorians. I’d imagine some details about the other two finalists would be appreciated.
My comment on Randy...
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Local: City Council would have to overlook quite a lot to pick Holling as city manager
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...
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Local: There’s a rumor Henry Holling will be hired Thursday
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,...
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Local: Cowards love to whisper
I had no intention of blogging today. It’s my day off and I was going to spend it moving stuff from my old place to my new digs.
But I find myself drawn into issues brought up by this post over at C.J.’s site.
Several commenters has tried to post what derogatory information about the man...
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Local: Correction on Sheridan Triangle project
I’ve received the following email from Peoria City Manager Randy Oliver:
Bill:
Your post on Sheridan Triangle in the CIP is incorrect. The confusion may have been that the Planning Department and the Public Work’s Department both made request for the same project. The correct information is as follows:
When the $200,000 was originally appropriated by Council...
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About that apology …
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis apologized for comments he made about Peoria City Manager Randy Oliver during a meeting Journal Star’s award-winning (snicker) editorial board. Some of his comments ended up reprinted in Monday’s Word on the Street column.
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Paging Randy Oliver, your future in Peoria is calling
As someone who’s father was very sick very recently, I sympathize with one of the reasons Peoria City Manager Randy Oliver seems to spend so much time on the telephone. But I wonder how many low-level office workers would be allowed to do the same. Also, it seems to be a problem with incoming...
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‘New’ city manager turns down job
CBS-31 just reported that Steve O’Malley, the deputy city manager of Burnsville, Minn., has decided to turn an offer to become Peoria’s new
city manager.
I wonder why he turned it down? Did any of the six council members who wanted to hire him change his mind? Who is the front runner now. Perhaps the...
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- Another D150 administrator put on paid leave March 16, 2010District 150 Director of Technology and Library Media Services Mary Ward has been put on paid administrative leave as the district performs an internal investigation. If past is prelude, taxpayers may be paying her to do nothing for a long time. The last administrator to be put on paid administrative leave, Mary Davis, [...] […]
- “Word on the Web” has Urich news conference video March 16, 2010The Journal Star recently started a new blog based on John Sharp and Karen McDonald’s Monday column “Word on the Street.” The blog is called “Word on the Web,” and so far it has been very good. New content is added regularly, and the information is much more timely than the weekly print [...] […]
- Transportation Secretary speaks out on . . . health care reform? March 15, 2010Talk about your full-court press from the Obama administration. Even Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is advocating for the administration’s health care bill now: Yesterday, I voiced my support for health care reform with an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune. I am grateful to those who saw my speaking-out for what it was: a former [...] […]
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- FireFly - What Community Leaders Said March 15, 2010"Calling FireFly 'the poster child' of Peoria NEXT", National City regional president Doug Stewart said that technology was not in short supply in Peoria. "Ideas are not our problem. The issue is management, first, and capital second. If we are going to hit a home run, FireFly is the closest thing we've got."Doug was probab […]
- FireFly Closer to Burning Bright March 15, 2010So wrote Molly Parker, reporter for the JS in May of 2007. The resolution by the County to guarantee, along with the city, a six million dollar loan to FireFly by National City Bank, State Representative Dave Leitch, Vice-President, who personally urged the County Board to approve this loan. Quoting Ms. Parker,"The resolution passed both committees by v […]
- FireFly & G&D Integrated March 14, 2010On 5/28/07, Jennifer Davis and Molly Parker wrote "Finding a FireFly Fix Over Breakfast" in their 'Word on the Street' Column in the JS. Quoting the column, " braving buckets of snow, former Mayor Dick Carver, current Mayor Jim Ardis, state Representative Dave Leitch and a Peoria businessman showed up for breakfast at Le Peep. Over t […]
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- This just in… No delay in Blagojevich trial March 17, 2010
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