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Civic Center TIF preposterous

They’ve got to be kidding.

The Civic Center Authority decided today “to ask the Peoria City Council next month to expand the Warehouse District TIF to include the site of a proposed hotel,” according to the Journal Star.

That’ll go over like a lead balloon. I can’t wait to see the council laugh the Civic Center Authority [...]

January 25th, 2007 | Category: Peoria Civic Center | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)

Broski to retire; Bradley free to move on to Western

“As long as I’m president, we will not move farther west than Maplewood,” Broski, 61, said in addressing [Arbor District] neighborhood fears that the landlocked school wants to keep expanding that way.”

– August 24, 2006, as reported in the Journal Star

In an e-mail sent to faculty and staff Thursday, David Broski said that he planned to [...]

January 25th, 2007 | Category: Arbor District, Bradley University | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

2007 Homicide #3: Domonique Alexander

Someone asked over on Billy’s blog what the big issue is going to be in this year’s at-large City Council elections. My answer: crime.

In a sad and unwelcome underscoring of my point, the Journal Star is now reporting on Peoria’s third homicide of the year. We’re not even out of January yet.

Peoria [...]

January 25th, 2007 | Category: City of Peoria, Crime | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

RTA plans full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

The RTA (Rabid Recreational Trail Advocates) is on the rampage again. They’ve stepped up their efforts to convert the Kellar Branch into a dedicated trail. The article in the paper is full of interesting information on their efforts:

The group then voted to spend up to $10,000 to hire its own lawyer, and will set [...]

January 25th, 2007 | Category: Kellar Branch | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)