Yeah, I’m still a small-L libertarian. There are some issues I take very seriously, and it seems the ‘Democrats are on the right side of Net Neutrality and the Republicans are very much on the wrong side, and at this point I’m willing to advocate one of the Big Two parties over the other:
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LaHood sucks up to lobbyists
On a tip from Willy Nilly, I did a little on-line research into exactly who’s been putting money into the pockets of Peoria’s own “Congressman Ray” during the current 2006 election cycle.
This is what I found: Rep. Ray LaHood (R-18th), ranks 15th out of all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in...
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Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates The Blog Peoria Project, which promotes community-based citizen journalism in his hometown, Peoria IL. Call me at (309) 863-5748 and leave a message.
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I doubt Rand Paul is good for the GOP or the country March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Time magazine asks: http://If Rand Paul Good or Bad for the Republican Party.
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That vibration you feel this morning is due to the administrators at Peoria’s big three hospitals quaking in their boots in fear March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Via Rich Miller:
A new opinion by the Illinois Supreme Court is very bad news for not-for-profit hospitals in Illinois who want to qualify for local tax exemptions.
Yes. It seems that it IS legal for cities to make nominally not-for-profit hospitals pay property taxes. Miller links to lots and lots of articles about it. Apparently, this [...]Original post by Billy Dennis
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ComicList – 2010 Joe Shuster Awards nominations announced March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Frankenstein (IDW), Killer of Demons #1-3 (Image Comics), Dark Reign: Mister Negative #1-3, Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (Marvel Comics), Atomic Robo and Friends FCBD 2009, Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time …
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ComicList – Marvel unveils more IRON MAN BY DESIGN Variant Covers March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Categories: Marvel Comics, media release · Deadpool_22_IMVariant.jpg Media Release — Get a look at Iron Man like you've never seen him before! Marvel is proud to unveil even more of the stunning Iron Man By Design variant covers by …
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Infinite Hollywood: Pulse of the Press: The Incredibles and … March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Today I'm going to be taking a look at the Siege story arc from Marvel comics as well as some other interesting tidbits. Let's get right into the Siege storyline which covers, Avengers #33, New Avengers #62, New Ultimates #1 and Mighty …
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Best Marvel Comics: X men action figure collection March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Best Marvel Comics. Thursday, March 18, 2010. X men action figure collection. CUSTOM JIM LEE JEAN GREY and CYCLOPS These are the costumes from X MEN #1 by JIM LEE. These costumes were the ones used in the X MEN animated series from the …
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» Triple Signing at Midtown Comics on Saturday, March 20th Justice … March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
The Guardian A forthcoming court case could hand the children of legendary Marvel comics artist and writer Jack Kirby the right to create rival movie franchises based on … See all stories on this t …
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PlayStation Comics Store Update – PlayStation Blog March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
Is there any chance we are going to have any Ultimate Marvel comics show up in future updates? You would really make my psp Go happy if you a bunch of those show up lol. 8. SDkngsht | March 18th, 2010 at 12:37 pm …
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Marvel Comics LCD & LED Television | GADSTA March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
These brand new, officially licensed Marvel Comics LCD & LED HDTVs are the ultimate comic fan's television. Featuring your favorite Marvel superhero embellished on the bottom two corners of the TV casing, these televisions are offered …
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Idle Hands: Iron Man By Design Covers Invade Marvel Comics March 19, 2010Billy Dennis
As Marvel Comics gears up for the theatrical release of Iron Man 2, it's only logical that their books go high tech as well. Check out the new variant covers for your favorite books featuring a sort of "Shell Head Through the Ages" …
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- Should principals be empowered leaders or branch managers? March 18, 2010The extent to which mechanistic thinking is corrupting our culture might be illustrated in relation to any number of fields of activity. For instance, our educational system suffers disastrously from the dominion of the administrative mind, which is, by the very nature of modern administration, generally mechanistic in its thinking (and therefore unfitted to […]
- 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 [...] […]
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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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