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Junction City going generic?

Have you seen “Junction City Phase II” yet? Here’s the sign with an artist’s rendering:

Doesn’t really look like Junction City, does it? Kinda looks more like the strip mall out by Wal-Mart on Allen Road. Is it just me, or did anyone else expect the new addition to be complementary to the [...]

Mental note . . .

. . . if you’re looking for a way to kill someone and get off easy, don’t use a gun, just push him into on-coming traffic.

I can barely hold back the tears

[Said Councilman Eric] Turner, who along with Councilman Clyde Gulley, were the only two to vote against the [Wal-Mart package liquor license] denial. “This is a national corporation trying to create an opportunity to compete with their competitors.”
–Journal Star, 3/26/08

I’ve been sobbing all morning about poor old Wal-Mart being denied that package liquor license at [...]

Circular reasoning on downtown parking

The City was poised to raise special event parking rates in downtown Peoria parking decks by one dollar last night — from $5 to $6. But it got deferred. Why? Evidently because they want to make sure such a supposedly draconian increase is warranted; to assess whether parking attendants are capable of [...]