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  • Sharon Crews: Second question–do religious schools pay property taxes?
  • Sharon Crews: C.J., am I wrong in assuming that many Peoriaarea churches, also, contribute to the operation of Peoria...
  • Sharon Crews: Jon, what comes out of the education fund–instructional and operational?? Emtronics, count me in...
  • charlie: nevermind
  • Jon: CJ – don’t add instructional costs and operational costs together. Instructional costs are already...
  • Dennis in Peoria: Got back about 4:15 from the groundbreaking. Interestingly, the words “IMAX” or...
  • Emtronics: Charlie sez: “They go to keep their kids away from “them”. ” I say: EXACTLY!!! In the 60s when...
  • New Voice: Ben, Don’t forget that the IMAX fiasco is only part of the problem. It is difficult to find anything...
  • Sharon Crews: I am a bit of a cynic, too, so I agree with Charlie about the motivation to go to a more...
  • Sharon Crews: Why do teachers have to buy their own classroom supplies? Why do parents have to do fundraisers to buy...
  • Paul O'Donnell: The G.I. Bill when I returned from Vietnam was a huge success. That was a voucher system. The public...
  • charlie: Hillsdale receives no federal finds (vouchers) because they discriminate based on race and other criteria. I...
  • charlie: Let me quote Willian Hawley Smith, The Evolution of Dodd, 1884 “The system has largely lost sight of...
  • C. J. Summers: According to the Interactive Illinois Report Card (IIRC) for District 150, “instructional...
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More road woes, this time on Wisconsin

Here’s the press release:

There has been a cave-in in the Southbound lane of Wisconsin. Wisconsin from McClure to Arcadia will be closed from now until repairs are completed.

We are not aware what has caused [...]

Water main leak at Main and Madison

I just received this press release from the City of Peoria:

Due to a water main leak downtown in the intersection of Main Street and Madison Avenue, lanes will be reduced while Illinois American Water Company and Ameren make repairs to their utilities. Please plan your route accordingly to avoid this intersection for the next week [...]

Make entitlements, not war

Colleen Callahan, Democratic candidate for the 18th Congressional District, has announced that she advocates ending the war and withdrawing troops according to an “orderly time line.”

Callahan, whose husband Dick is a Vietnam veteran, visited Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003 at her own expense while accompanying the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. She said she saw first-hand the [...]

Happy Vernal Equinox

At a little before 6:00 this morning, Spring began. After all the snow we had this winter, I’m ready for steadily warming temperatures and longer days. [...]