Posts Tagged ‘ Craig Hullinger ’

‘Mighty Micro’ designation for Peoria? What are they driving at?

September 22, 2009
By Billy Dennis

I’m sorry, but I cannot take this seriously. Peoria Economic Development Director Craig Hullinger made note on his blog that Peoria is ranked 16th on Next Generation Consulting’s list of “Mighty Micros.” What does that mean? “Small but significant, these ‘Mighty Micros’ don’t have all the amenities of the Super Cities, but they more than make...
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Local: Increase HRA taxes? WONDERFUL idea!

February 8, 2008
By Billy Dennis

Two downtown hotels want to increase the city’s Hotel, Restaurant and Amusement Tax. They say the teeny-tiny increase could be used to boost tourism in Peoria. The article isn’t clear how this happens but hey, what the Hell. It’s only a small amount of cash that’s going to be added to what folks pay...
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Local: City Council would have to overlook quite a lot to pick Holling as city manager

January 30, 2008
By Billy Dennis

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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Today’s News: Death and taxes

January 15, 2008
By Billy Dennis

Links via the Journal Star. The snarky commentary is my own: Taxed to death: There’s a lot of comment on the “death tax” in the Journal Star article on last night’s debate. John Morris wants to eliminate the estate tax. Commenters say things like this: ” Why should someone inherit $35,000,000 just because they...
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