Cutline: (AP) — US actress Cameron Diaz, right, takes pictures of press photographers as Sol Guy, an MTV Canada host, behind left, and guide Freddy Quispe stand with her during their tour of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Friday, June 22, 2007. Cameron’s bag reads in Chinese ‘Serve the People,’ a [...]

I hope I’m not the only person who was a little bit disgusted by all the fawning the City Council did over the visiting dignitaries from Benxi, China, one of Peoria’s three sister cities.