That’s Merle Widmer’s prediction for the year 2010. The current budget is for $50 million, but he says it’s going to continue to grow. The villains of the piece are bonds already purchased to start the Glen Oak Zoo expansion, as well as the temporary relocation of park district headquarters to a site on North [...]

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Despite one adverse decision after another from the Surface Transportation Board, the Peoria City Council still seems to be clinging to the idea of closing the Kellar Branch rail line and replacing it with a hiking and biking trail.
My two cents: I defer to C.J. Summers, who sums up the [...]

Merle Widmer makes this startling claim:
First I heard it was one tape that got erased “accidentally” of Peoria Park Board and Peoria Public School District #150 Executive Minutes. Then an unimpeachable source told me it was “two” Park Board Executive tapes that were “accidentally” erased. These tapes supposedly contain dialogue between certain Peoria Public School [...]

More newsy goodness found on the Peoria Rails Yahoo! Group: A letter from the Peoria Park District to the Surface Transportation Board. Hat tip to C.J. Summers:

Press releases from the Peoria Park District:

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I know of a certain City Hall person who might be taking her “babies” to the aquatic center …

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