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On January 25, 2006, Mayor Jim Ardis proclaimed during his “State of the City” address: Another plan I will pursue this year is one we may call the “Peoria Promise.†It is based on a similar successful program in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The premise is this: Any student graduating from Peoria’s Public Schools will be eligible for a [...] The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill that would allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research today, according to many news accounts, such as the Chicago Sun-Times. President Bush vetoed similar legislation last year. As Mike Pence of Indiana points out in his quote in the article, I too think it’s [...] Many thoughtful commenters, upon hearing of the unequal treatment given the Peoria Park District by the City of Peoria, have led me to ask this question: Should there be an Historical Preservation Commission (HPC) at all? Is it fair for the City to limit property owners’ rights when their property is deemed historic? The City [...] |
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