“April 1, 2008, is the target date for the committee’s findings.”

April fools!

The Kellar Branch “Rail/Trail Committee” hasn’t met since February 15 and therefore missed their April 1 deadline. Why?

“I got busy at work and some things with the City Council and (other) things came up,” [4th Dist. Councilman Bill] Spears said. “We went to schedule it and obviously Easter hit. We had people on vacation.”

I’m sure the Journal Star Editorial Board will figure out a way to blame this latest setback on Pioneer. Spears says the committee will “likely meet next week,” according to the paper.

UPDATE: The Journal Star has inexplicably taken down the article; I haven’t checked the print version of the paper today to see if it’s in there. In any case, if you were wondering what it said, I happen to have a copy here:

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City giving out economic incentives

Similar to the economic incentives the federal government will be mailing starting in May, the City of Peoria has decided to give out $100 to homeowners to incentivize home repair and maintenance. The $100 will be distributed in the form of gift cards to Home Depot and can be picked up on the fifth floor of City Hall in the Office of Economic Incentives.