There’s a semi-secret plan in the works to rebuild Bel-Wood Nursing Home next to Sterling School across the street from Newman Golf Course:
Negotiations for the sale of property adjacent to Sterling Middle School are being hashed out by both sides, District 150 officials confirmed Monday.
Both School Board President Debbie Wolfmeyer and Superintendent Ken Hinton...
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Big, green park-like campus apparently NOT needed at Sterling Middle School
Steve Morris to fill county board slot (UPDATED)
Former Peoria School Board member Steve Morris will probably be the guy fill a vacancy on Peoria County Board.
Here are the posts I’ve made about Morris. There’s not much, as he wasn’t there long. What I liked about him is that he was the guy they picked instead of former Peoria Mayor Dave Ransburg,...
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Merle is calling it quits
Tomorrow’s Word on the Street, implies the decision was made Friday, but in reality, County Board member Merle Widmer announced last year that he wasn’t going to run for re-election in 2010. In a post today, he says he’s going to support Republican Mary Ardapple.
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Two good posts from CJ Summers: http://p…
Two good posts from CJ Summers: http://peoriachronicle.com/2009/05/10/the-peoria-area-chamber-of-oddities/ and http://peoriachronicle.com/2009/05/10/question-of-the-day-what-kind-of-charter-school-do-you-want-to-see/
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Apparently, no one on the Peoria County Board has any clout with Aaron Schock
Good news, folks. Peoria County is in fine fiscal shape. Otherwise, would the county have $5,000 to throw in the toilet like this every month?
The County Board voted to hire a federal lobbyist to represent their interests and bring more dollars back to the area.
The county hired the Ferguson Group LLC of Washington, D.C.,...
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Local: Ask and ye shall receive? Not for the museum, anymore
The downtown museum backers asked the Peoria County Board to give them $24 million. That’s $24 million in taxpayer dollars. They can’t talk ordinary donors to cough it up voluntarily, so they want every single taxpayer in the county to pay up involuntarily. Seriously.
If the board says “no,” that might very well mean the...
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Today’s news: Unopposed
Unless noted, all links are via the Journal Star:
Question: What do MOST members of the Peoria County Board have in common with Pakistan dictator Pervez Musharraf? Answer: Like Musharraf, their re-election is absolutely assured. According to this compilation of petition filings, JUST ONE single member of the PCB will face opposition from anyone in...
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Media: Missed messages
Yesterday’s Word on the Street: “Peoria County Board member Tim Riggenbach said he’s seeking the Republican nomination for the 92nd District seat being vacated by Aaron Schock.”
My reply: “I have it on good authority that Peoria County Board member Tim Riggenbach will NOT run for the Republican nomination for the 92nd District seat being...
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- 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 [...] […]
- Transportation Secretary speaks out on . . . health care reform? March 15, 2010Talk about your full-court press from the Obama administration. Even Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is advocating for the administration’s health care bill now: Yesterday, I voiced my support for health care reform with an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune. I am grateful to those who saw my speaking-out for what it was: a former [...] […]
Merle Widmer’s Peoria Watch
- 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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- Women’s History Month
- Long fight for U.S. Senate seat begins
- The gift of life
- Progress Report of Downtown Library’s Renovation
- Remembering — Straight Talk March 2010
- District 150 needs business, board to clean house
- Northern exposure — Dale’s Column March 2010
- I was banned — City Beat March 2010
- Stop Playing Politics With Our Lives!
- Be Still: Doors and Windows column March 2010
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- Echoes of Rod and more budget friction March 16, 2010
- Sympathies and a get well soon March 16, 2010
- Question of the day March 16, 2010
- Madigan does it again March 16, 2010
- Duffy had second ticket at the same light; Plus, a Statehouse roundup March 16, 2010
CW Notes
- Center Offers Group Programs for Survivors of Sexual Assault March 16, 2010
- Proctor Hospital Recognized as Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip ReplacementSM March 16, 2010
- COMMUNITY CALL TO ACTION FORUM March 16, 2010
- Web Tech Services to Offer 90 Minute Workshop on Marketing Your Company Online March 16, 2010
- Illinois Companies Don’t Want Their Employees ‘Linked In’ March 16, 2010
- KELLOGG GOLF COURSE OPENING March 16, 2010
- Peoria Rally for Health Care Reform March 16, 2010
- ILLINOIS AMERICAN WATER AND EPA ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERS TO FIND AND REPAIR LEAKS DURING FIX A LEAK WEEK March 16, 2010
- March 27th – One-day Fielding & Baserunning Camp March 15, 2010
- Your 2010 Census Form will arrive SOON! March 15, 2010
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