Burl notes that the mock elections at Peoria Heights High School were pretty biased. It seems that school administrators limited ballot choices to the top two candidates in the two big parties.  Ron Paul was out, as was Mike Huckabee. You know the guy who won the Iowa caucus and who didn’t drop out after [...]

I’m getting a head start with some late night Journal Star linkage:

Paul Vallas, the education guru, is still willing to work with District 150 for free, even if District balks at hiring consultants associated with Vallas at the $600,000 fee that’s been quoted. Take a look at PrairieCelt’s post about some of the on things [...]

Today’s links via the Journal Star, unless noted:

Kudos to Terry Bibo for finally getting into print what I had been wondering all along. WTVP has never missed a payment on the debt it incurred on it’s new studio. Instead, Bank of America has demanded full payment immediately because the number of pledges differs from that [...]

It doesn’t hurt to ask.
Burl Rolett wrote:
I am a young blogger in Central Illinois. I blog mainly about sports and politics. I am trying to get recognized, and read by as many as possible, which I’m sure is the goal of any blogger. I would like to ask that you add my [...]

Let me explain: I write a column for the Peoria Times-Observer. The PTO covers the part of Peoria that is north of War Memorial Drive. It also covers Peoria Heights and Dunlap. Generally, I don’t write a column unless it would be of interest to these readers. I also avoid using the column for personal [...]