Illinois Review reprints the first of several interviews Aaron Schock did with the late Illinois Leader, a site devoted to promoting conservative issues. As I recall, in one of the interviews, Schock talks about how hands-on he was in crafting the Peoria School District 150 budget while he was a board member. This would...
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Politics: Conservative site takes a look back at Aaron Schock
Media: Today’s word on the street is ‘regurgitation’
In today’s Word on the Street, JS reporter John Sharp sought someone to comment on Peoria Heights Mayor Mark Allen’s comment that “those online bloggers didn’t bother to show their faces when we have public meetings on it. … They are real strong and tough online, but when we have the public meetings, no...
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Wicked Witch of Wisconsin Avenue vanishes into thin air
Via reporter Andy Kravetz:
Nearly a year ago, Kay Royster filed suit in federal court, alleging the School Board and four past and present board members discriminated against her because she is black. When she filed her suit, her attorney, Terry Moran of Chicago, said Royster took legal action to “restore her reputation.”
Eleven months...
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Kay Royster putting the whammy on another school district
From an email, an update on the Wicked Witch of Wisconsin Avenue:
You might get a good laugh at this. If you look up in the st.louis post-dispatch on 02/23/2007 you will see that Royster is in the news already for spending a million on little hand held computers in the jennings school district. She...
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Schock not consistent on taxes?
I got the following email from Yellow Dog Democrat:
Once again, Aaron Schock is talking out of both sides of his face. Two years ago it was abortion. Now it’s taxes.
Schock tells Peorians that he’s keeping all options on the table, because he needs the support of the Peoria teachers to win.
But what’s...
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Monday Morning Musings
It’s open thread time.
Here’s some possible topics:
1. Governor Blagojevich wants to let restaurant patrons play Keno, which is a quick-paced form of gambling that some critics say is as addictive as Bingo on crack. Furthermore, Blagojevich says existing law gives him all the authority he needs to allow this form of gambling without...
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JS needs to appeal bad ruling on Royster record
From today’s follow-up article on Wednesday’s appellate court ruling that the public has no right to see Kay Royster’s job evaluations:
“It appears that the court did not devote much discussion to the argument that these documents bear on Superintendent Royster’s public duties or whether the policies of the board were being implemented by the...
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Judges rule to keep public ignorant on Kay Royster’s ouster
Frankly, I think it was obvious why Peoria School District 150 got rid of Kay Royster. She was a miserable excuse of a civil servant. We are well to be rid of her.
But there are those who disagree and consider her firing to be a horrible example of racism. These people want to find...
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Morning eye opener
I’ve been a slacker for the past several days and not commenting on all the juicy news goodness in the Journal Star. Allow me to make up for lost time:
The Ben Franklin in Peoria Heights is closing. The owners of the old-fashioned “five and dime” aren’t blaming the evil corporate box stores. They are...
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Tom Roeser has a huge crush on Aaron Schock
As promised, here is my fisking of Tom Roeser’s column
in the Chicago Sun-Times about Aaron Schock.
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