There are several opportunities for you to meet with Peoria City Council members and staff to discuss your ideas for the 2010 budget. Two of those opportunities are this week:
- Monday, July 6, 2009
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Woodruff High School, Common Area
1800 NE Perry Avenue
Timothy Riggenbach (Third District) and Jim Montelongo (At-Large)
- Thursday, July 9, 2009
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Neighborhood House
1020 S. Matthew Street
Clyde Gulley (First District) and George Jacob (At-Large)
There will be five opportunities altogether.
I hear tell the major television networks are going to carry Michael Jackson’s memorial service live, as if he were a head of state or something. It seems the public has an insatiable desire for celebrity news, but little interest in the mundane matters that affect their everyday lives. All we need now is for Elton John to rewrite “Candle in the Wind” again….
But you don’t have talk about that — it’s Open Soapbox Monday, so feel free to write on whatever topic you would like.
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