Posts Tagged ‘ peoria ’

I attended Tuesday’s presentation on marketability of downtown residential development, held in the Peoria City Council chambers. I tried to use my nifty new digital voice recorder. But because speaker Erik Doersching, executive vice president of Tracy Cross & Associates, didn’t think it necessary to actually use one of the many microphones available to him,...
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From a press release: The City of Peoria will host a public open house at Columbia Middle School, 2612 North Bootz Avenue on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The purpose of this open house is for the public to review the scope of a study and master plan to implement...
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From a press release: The City of Peoria is hosting a General Public Meeting at Richwoods High School on February 27, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.  The purpose of this meeting is for the public to review some of the goals and input already received from the public as part of the Comprehensive Plan process, and...
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East Peoria likes to crow about all the economic development happening in its downtown and riverfront areas. Well goody for them and their little strip mall paradise. But look what happened when there was a major water main break in East Peoria. Some 32 restaurants were without water for 48 hours. And what I find...
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For the first time in a loooong time, I was able to get the CW site updated before the month was half over. Anyway, I’m sure my regular readers will enjoy some of the columns and articles. So dig in.
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WCBU reported today that Peoria City Manager Randy Oliver was a finalist for the city manager’s job in McKinney, TX. As Jonathan Ahl reported on his blog, this was first reported in a Texas newspaper. The Oliver family denies he’s looking, and Ahl reports that Oliver future in Peoria is not certain, as his...
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Since the boss is under the weather, I just thought I’d do something a little different and post a photo essay featuring local railroad activity. Below is a collection of photos showing trains operated by each of ten railroads serving the Peoria area. A BNSF Railway coal train is about to cross Farmington Road in West Peoria...
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Comics Brett Erickson, Travis Lipski, Adam Harris and “Abe Lincoln” will perform in a benefit comedy concert for presidential candidate Ron Paul. The event will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the Jukebox Comedy Club at 3527 W. Farmington Road in Peoria. The doors open at 7 p.m. and adminission of $10,...
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The new blog is called Tales of a Peorian, and the operator is HOINews news director Meghan Fisher. Three posts so far. Keep up the good work.
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Settingsgaard: Says it it chief’s job to be spokesman for the city. People want to hear what the chief has to say about crime. NOT the assistant chief. Gulley wants to go back over the saturation patrol. He doesn’t want to move saturation patrols from his district. He just wants to make sure we are...
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The meeting opens with a public Truth in Taxation hearing. On paper, they are seeing a 21-cent increase in rate. Actual rate will be set when they determine the levy. The actual rate will be determined by forumla, and Roberta Parks, Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce. Wants the city to “continmue to be fiscally...
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Someone’s posted a rumor that Barbara Van Auken is considering a run for mayor of Peoria. Naturally, some other names are being thrown out there. I have NOT discussed this issue with Councilwoman Van Auken, but I doubt she’d run against Mayor Ardis. Lets just toss another name into the mayoral mix: At large...
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The Motley Fool Website picked GateHouse Media as one of the “worst stocks in the world.” It’s sort of a brave position to take, ’cause the Motley Fool newspaper column runs in GateHouse newspapers, including the Peoria Journal Star. The site noted that the stock reaches a brand new 52 week low, noting: ”...
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Oh, no. Say it isn’t so. Scott Janz has always been my kinda blogger. He’s a landlord, but one of the good ones, and he never hesitated to tell it like it is when it comes to dealing with the city, the Peoria Housing Association, drunken contractors, the utility companies, etc. But he says he’s tired...
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Note: The following is the equivalent of notes taken in real time during a meeting of the Peoria City Council. Unless you see quote marks, assume that what you are reading is paraphrasing. Snow job continued: Nichting: How do we communicate which snow routes we are concentrating on? Barber: Will be evident on snow route map...
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Note: The following is the equivalent of notes taken in real time during a meeting of the Peoria City Council. Unless you see quote marks, assume that what you are reading is paraphrasing. Health care grilling, continued: Marty Lyons: Next year, it will be easier to compare pricing, as long as we get data. RFP could...
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The City of Peoria wants to spend $30,000 to design a new logo to replace the Indian-head design they’ve been slapping on everything since 1975. It’s the same image I’ve using as an icon for this site for years. I’ll withold judgement on whether I think it’s a good idea or not....
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The Peoria Times-Observer last week profiled the two candidates for Peoria County State’s Attorney, incumbent Kevin Lyons and challenger Darin LaHood. Both articles were, I thought, fair. I can’t link to them because the PTO doesn’t post articles on its Website. I’d post them in .pfd format, but I don’t want to go beyond...
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It’s going to be a long one Tuesday. The City Council meeting starts at 6:15 p.m. and immediately begines with a presentation and FIVE proclamations. There are 22 items in the consent aganda (some of which are bound to be pulled out and discusses at length). Councilmember Jim Montelongo is asking the council to...
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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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