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  • crime fighter: Spot on, Keith. Julie kicked over the first domino (rightfully so), now the house of hinton falls.
  • Keith: Hey wow- I can assure you Julie’s civil case is far from dead. Anybody with any intelligence should...
  • Anon: I predict that when the facts come out and the dust settles, there are going to be a lot of red-faced Davis...
  • Honestman: Hey Frustrated: Julie was a very good principal who treated all teachers and parents equal. The Fav 5 and...
  • wow: hey wow: have you read the charges? have you read the contract?
  • hey wow...: If what Frustrated just said is the information McArdle’s attorney is looking at to help her civil...
  • wow: Frustrated: Do you have any idea how much information you just gave McArdle’s attorney regarding her civil...
  • Frustrated: Sharon – I have no opinion regarding McArdle’s termination. Your observation of the situation...
  • Sharon Crews: Frustrated, in the case of McArdle, it is very clear that there was a division at Lindbergh. Some...
  • Frustrated: Honestman – I have no firsthand knowledge of McArdle’s leadership while at Lindbergh. I...
  • Sharon Crews: Well, it’s good for freedom of the press, that 150 can’t ban websites from personal...
  • without malice: Honestman, unless Stormin Norman has changed things I’m pretty sure that this blog as well as...
  • whatever: “Except in this case it’s coffee and donuts, bagels and scones…” …. laptops,...
  • charlie: It is the District 150 version of “go get me a cup of coffee”. Except in this case it coffee and...
  • Honestman: Hey Frustrated: If I am not mistaken, a good friend of yours who was one of those who applauded at the...

Categories

Traffic calming on neighborhood streets

In a recent post about the benefits of a gridiron street system, Beth Akeson left some supporting comments and said:

Let’s explore how other communities are handling these issues and learn from their successes and failures. We can always tweak the ideas to accommodate the “uniqueness” of Peoria. I have learned so much from reading, attending [...]

Trib and Chronicle readers agree: Recall Blago …and others

The Chicago Tribune ran a follow-up to their Sunday editorial where they asked readers if Illinois should amend its constitution to allow the governor to be recalled. I found it interesting that the responses the Tribune got were remarkably similar to the responses Chronicle readers left here, showing that upstate, downstate, Republicans and Democrats [...]

How do you grade Peoria’s traffic signals?

A couple of weeks ago, the City of Peoria released this information about the city’s traffic signals:

The American Public Works Association (APWA), as part of the National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC), participated in the release of the 2007 Traffic Signal Report Card during a press conference on October 9, 2007 in Washington D.C. Nationwide, the [...]