Well, I was wrong. Tonight’s Peoria City Council meeting didn’t end sometime after 10 p.m. as I predicted. It ended shortly after 8 p.m.
The meeting started at about 6:15 p.m., but the real city business didn’t start until about 6:45 p.m. after all the proclamations were over. Which was about when I arrived. cagey veteran [...]

Vacation is over.
After a three-week break, the Peoria City Council will meet at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. And judging from the agenda (viewable here), it looks to be a long meeting. Bring a pillow, as I would not be surprised if this thing doesn’t end until after 10 p.m..
There are seven proclamations scheduled. There are 31 [...]

How completely bizarre.
For a little less than five years, the official position of the City of Peoria is that Elliott’s cannot and must not have a liquor license. Because a tiny non-stripper corner of the joint was too close to an apartment complex.
This decision allowed the place to operate as a liquor-free strip joint where [...]

I’ve received word that the circuit court has ruled that the City of Peoria must give the owners of Elliott’s a hearing over the city’s Liquor Commission’s denial of a liquor license, as was ordered by the Illinois Liquor Commission.
The club’s owners are suing the city of Peoria.
My two cents: I doubt very much this [...]