I think a vast majority of Peorians agree with the phrase “essential services first.” The question really is, what services fall under the category of “essential”? Public safety would undoubtedly top the list, and public works wouldn’t be far behind. But if you were going to strip the city’s responsibilities down to the bare essentials, what would they be? Or, alternatively, what are the most non-essential things the city does — what should the city stop doing or cut completely?
Daily Archives: January 4, 2007
Quote of the Day
“Theodore Senior belonged to a class and a generation that considered politics to be a dirty business, best left, like street cleaning, to malodorous professionals.”
— Edmund Morris, describing President Theodore Roosevelt’s father’s view of politics in “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” (1979)