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Sales tax referendum discussed at county finance committee meeting

I couldn’t attend the Peoria County finance committee meeting Tuesday, but activist and regular commenter Karrie Alms did and provides this scoop:

Today’s Peoria County Finance Meeting was a real treat of new information.

Peoria County feels that they will need to get the City of Peoria to title the museum property to them so that the [...]

December 31st, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Museum Block, Peoria County | 20 comments

Blagojevich appoints Burris

From the state that gave you “the audacity of hope” now comes the audacity of Blagojevich. The Chicago Tribune reports:

In a display of political bravado, disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich today appointed former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, challenging national Democratic leaders to reject the appointment of an African-American to the [...]

December 31st, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: State of Illinois | Leave a comment