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Schock to officially announce candidacy Saturday

I just got a notice in the mail today that says:

Grab a ticket on the Schock Express

Representative Aaron Schock’s Official 18th Congressional District Campaign Announcement

Date: 27-Oct-2007
Class: First
Ticket Type: One-Way to Victory

To:
10:00–Hamilton’s–100 Northeast, Jacksonville
12:30–Hilton Hotel–700 East Adams St., Springfield
3:30–Peoria Heights Village Hall–4901 N. Prospect Rd., Peoria Heights

On the back is a letter from Rep. Schock:

Dear Republicans:

Please join [...]

October 24th, 2007 | Category: 2008 Campaign, Aaron Schock | One comment - (Comments are closed)

City agrees to cancel tickets

The City of Peoria held a press conference yesterday at Peoria Police headquarters to announce that tickets given to high school students at Manual and Woodruff for walking in the middle of the roadway and/or jaywalking will be abated if the students attend mandatory school assemblies where police officers and school officials will try to give [...]

October 24th, 2007 | Category: City of Peoria, Peoria Police, Peoria Public Schools | 17 comments - (Comments are closed)

FCC chief’s proposal would lead to more media consolidation

I was disturbed to read this article in Broadcast Engineering magazine:

FCC chairman Kevin Martin is promoting an ambitious plan that would dramatically relax the nation’s media ownership rules by year end.

Martin wants the FCC to repeal a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same [...]

October 24th, 2007 | Category: Nation/World, Television | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)