C.J. Summers took a look at the figures, and it turns out that the pro-museum push poll conducted by the County of Peoria actually found that at no time, under no circumstance mentioned, do voters support any kind of tax increase to pay for the regional museum that Caterpillar and other movers and shakers want [...]

Today’s news links via the Peoria Journal Star:

What struck me about this story about a presentation District 150 officials made at First Federated Church is how quickly the commenters started to complain about two aspects of the talk: Getting churches involved in tutoring programs and expanding the school day. One commenter was worried someone who [...]

The Journal Star reports on the report that Peoria County is record a record number of felony arrests.
My two cents: Good.
Yeah, there’s more violent crime out there. But they are making arrests. The trick now is to get them through the court system, hopefully with the arrestees cooling their heals behind bars.
What obvious to me [...]

Back when I was a resident of the City of Peoria, I would be ecstatic at this:
State Sen. George Shadid has introduced bills to give city officials control over the majority of appointments to three boards whose members are currently picked exclusively by the county, touching off a turf war between the government bodies.
Shadid, D-Peoria, [...]

I hate it when the Journal Star does this. They’ve got an editorial in today’s paper addressing the dispute between the City of Peoria and Peoria County over the
booking fees the county government charges to hold arrestees before they appear before a judge.
The editorial does a good job of summarizing the issues and positions. What [...]

Well, I hope so anyway. “Precinct Committeeman” has started Peoria County Politics. There’s just one post, dated June 26.
With my blogging attention focused on the city, this guy could serve a real need out there in Limestone Township, which is always a hotbed of political intrigue.
I’ve added him to my “Political Bloggers” blogroll.
Peoria County,County of [...]