Unless noted, all links are from the Peoria Journal Star:

I attended Woodruff High School, and walked up and down Abington Street hill more times than I care to remember. And being a stupid teenager, we goofed around. It was quite common to playfully “shove” a friend off the sidewalk and onto the street as a [...]

In the 92nd District state house race, I’m wondering if Jehan Gordon just assumed the Allen Mayer camp would reveal her shoplifting conviction or if she was tipped off somehow. Mayer’s campaign manager says they knew about it, but weren’t going use it. Well, how did they know?  Why do opposition research if it’s not [...]

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 were [...]

I managed to catch the debate on 18th District Congressional debate tonight. Jim McConoughey, John Morris and Aaron Schock were grilled on issues ranging from earmarks to the growing power of the presidency.
Again, most of the time, the three gave remarkably similar answers to the questions. That’s not unusual, since most of the time, they [...]

C.J. Summer’s — because he doesn’t work 2nd shift — has more time to watch and listen to 18th District candidates’ debates than do I. He’s really liking Jim McConoughey’s answers:
McConoughey isn’t the perfect candidate. He was a little weak on the education question, not seeming to understand “No Child Left Behind” very well. He [...]

Candidate John Morris isn’t laughing at Aaron Schock’s little jest abotu maybe sending nukes to Taiwan:
MORRIS: GIVING AWAY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER
Peoria, IL | January 10, 2007
Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, issued the followingstatement today in response to a Peoria Journal Star article in which Aaron Schock claimed [...]

From a press release:
MORRIS DISCUSSES FAMILIES AND PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
ANNOUNCES PLAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN ONLINE
Peoria, IL | Jan, 9 2008
Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, announced his plan toprotect children online today at a press conference in Peoria, IL. “Children today are exposed to danger through the internet. Our laws have [...]

From a press release:
MORRIS TO DISCUSS FAMILIES AND PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
WILL HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN PEORIA IL
Peoria, IL | January 8, 2007
Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, will hold a press conference on Wednesday January 9, 2008 in the Conference Room of the Peoria County Children’s Advocacy Center at 4:00 PM. [...]

WCBU News Director Jonathan Ahl has his reactions to the debate he moderated Thursday (here and here). He prods C.J. and myself to hurry and and post our reactions.
NOTE: The debate, broadcast on WCBU can be heard here: HERE. John Morris, Aaron Schock and Jim McConoughey faced off on the Peoria City Council chamber [...]

John Morris, the best communicator among the Three Amigos running for the 18th District, got his commercial up on the air. I saw it television the other day and thought it suited his campaign perfectly.
He touches on all the big themes, even if he is a little short on [...]

State Rep. Aaron Schock today issued a press release claiming a commanding lead, according to a poll commissioned from Public Opinion Strategies of Alexandria, Virginia. Via a press release:
With less than fifty days until the Republican primary election, Aaron Schock is in an enviable position. Schock has excellent name recognition with high favorables, while his [...]

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I came away from this article on WTVP’s money woes convinced of two things: First, the station thought that good times would never end and that donors and the government would just continue to pour money into the station. So they went out and built what can only be described [...]

Via Central Illinois Proud:
WMBD TV will provide exclusive live coverage of a congressional debate co-sponsored by WMBD 31 News and the Peoria Young Republicans.
The debate among the three confirmed Republican candidates in Illinois’ 18th Congressional District will take place Thursday, January 10th, from 7:00-8:00 pm in Dingledine Hall on the Bradley University campus. WMBD TV [...]

Bernie Schoenburg has another great piece on the 18th District campaign.
It seems that Congressman Ray LaHood has sent a letter to the campaigns of Aaron Schock, Jim McConoughey and John Morris asking them to get his permission first before they use LaHood’s name or image in any campaign literature or advertisement.
While all three candidates for [...]

Via a press release:
Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 in the Blue Room at the State Capitol in Springfield, IL at 12:00 PM. Morris will talk about his position on immigration and how to ensure that we secure our borders.
John [...]