President Bush came to Peoria last month for one reason: to help Aaron Schock raise money for his congressional campaign. But that visit cost Peoria taxpayers $13,195.63, mostly in overtime pay for police officers handling traffic control, according to a report prepared by the city at Councilman Sandberg’s request.
Why should Peoria taxpayers — including many non-Republicans — have to pay for Aaron Schock’s fundraiser? “No one was billed for the Presidential visit,” the report states. Well, they should be billed. Schock’s campaign should reimburse every dollar associated with this visit.
Washington will be good for Schock. His reputed true colors will thrive there.
KCdad – It doesn’t happen very often that I get accused of not having an opinion.
Mahkno, have you ever even MET Aaron Schock?
With the exception of D. LaHood, I have met all of the candidates running for office.
I am steadfast Dem [center], I will admit it. However, I can see voting for Krupa…she seems to have a mind of her own, but Schock? Sharon Crews plans to vote for Schock based on her experience with him while he served Dist 150. THAT is one reason I WILL NOT vote for him. ‘Served’ is an overstatement.
Schock is SO obviously being groomed by those evil Rebulican ‘mad scientists’ that it isn’t EVEN funny. NOTHING about Aaron Schock says he is sincere and/or has Peoria’s best interest in mind [not to mention the rest of his congressional district].
Lets not talk about the LaHood legacy…………….
P.S. Let the Chicago Cubs butt-whooping commence!!!! Is it ironic that they should clinch against St. Louis or what? Spank-spank-spank……
I hope I don’t regret writing this after the first playoff series………
“Mahkno, have you ever even MET Aaron Schock?”
Yes.
New Voice: I am curious about your comments regarding Aaron’s tenure on the board. The people I know who disapproved of his record with 150 are those who felt he was unfair to Dr. Royster. I count many of those as my friends, so that was a difficult time in 150 for me. Frankly, I never think in terms of “party” politics with board members. Granted they can be “political,” but their political views dictate their decisions only in more subtle ways. On this blog, I’m reading many negative opinions about Aaron–but I don’t think anyone has presented any specific negatives about the job he’s done in the state legislature. I’m just curious as to specific criticisms about his job performance either on the board or in the state. When a candidate is seeking an office at the national level, he/she will naturally be groomed by the “kingpins” of the party (Republican or Democrat). Election time is not the time for “new” candidates to speak out against their party. On most issues I certainly lean more to the Democratic side, so I am hoping that Aaron will sometimes deviate from the party line. From what I know of Aaron, I believe he will do just that–otherwise, I might not give him a second chance. In his previous elections, Aaron certainly has pulled in the majority of votes, so I’m going to be interested in seeing if all the negativity I’m reading here will be apparent on election day.
Sharon,
It is not so much his “job performance,” but his lack of any job performance. There is no denying that Callahan has even less experience in govt office, but I trust her. Of course saying I trust any politician might make me sound like a goof, but……..
There is “kingpin” grooming and then there is GROOMING! Bush did not show up here to take in a museum did he? This kid is seeing stars and that is all he is seeing. He is being egged on by party politics.
I would be curious to know how many votes Schock lost after his RNC speech? I believe he ‘upset’ a great many people. Food stamps? Not good. I have been hearing jokes from friends around the country for weeks: “Hey New Voice! If we knew you were on food stamps blah, blah, ha, ha … we would have taken up a collection.”
His age, inexperience, and full-blown ego are going to be a serious problem for him [and us] when he gets to DC.
New Voice: I’ll take one more stab at this. Don’t you think that any Republican who was going for the “Ray LaHood–Bob Michaels” seat would have received the same attention from a Republican president? As far as the experience issue is concerned, Aaron has more than Callahan, doesn’t he? If Aaron had had a strong Democratic opponent, I might have reconsidered my support for Aaron–maybe. I know my vote for him is considerably personal, but all the reasons against him seem to be extremely personal. I just haven’t seen the “full-blown ego” of which you speak. That said, there are few successful politicians who do not have or eventually develop a “full-blown ego.” That is one of the dangers of politics–few have escaped it. I haven’t been around Aaron much–the last time was before he announced he was running for national office. He spoke at the West Peoria Residents’ Association meeting–a very small audience and Aaron was relaxed, etc., and I didn’t see the ego of which you speak. By the way–Callahan was scheduled to speak at the WPRA two months ago and she was a no-show with no notification. However, she will be coming in October. I think I’ll let this discussion rest now. I’m content with my “one vote” without trying to change the minds of others.
I would have liked your opinion on his RNC speech, but we can let it rest. Fair is fair.
Peoria census classification is urban according to the Census of 2000 definition below. Democrat modified to this classification is added to reflect electoral history at the state level but could also follow a national election trend.
Urban and Rural Classification
For Census 2000, the Census Bureau classifies as “urban” all territory, population, and housing units located within an urbanized area (UA) or an urban cluster (UC). It delineates UA and UC boundaries to encompass densely settled territory, which consists of:
core census block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile and
surrounding census blocks that have an overall density of at least 500 people per square mile
In addition, under certain conditions, less densely settled territory may be part of each UA or UC.
The Census Bureau’s classification of “rural” consists of all territory, population, and housing units located outside of UAs and UCs. The rural component contains both place and nonplace territory. Geographic entities, such as census tracts, counties, metropolitan areas, and the territory outside metropolitan areas, often are “split” between urban and rural territory, and the population and housing units they contain often are partly classified as urban and partly classified as rural.
Forgot here is link to tabular data to back up definition of urban
look for Peoria in the listing.
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/frmay102.pdf
Peoria… urban center… [giggle] what next, booming metropolis?
If Peoria is Democrat because of the state’s electoral history, then we are in a small economic slump.
What % of Peoria lives in the urban area?
Where has the increase of population growth in metro area been?
Spin is spin, and truth is truth. Aaron Shock and the rest of the Republicans lose my vote this year because they can not speak the truth. Perhaps the Democrats can’t either, but I don’t expect it from them.
As for Krupa; other than government funding for her Heartland clinic, what else is she in favor of?
kcdad anyone knows the Repubs wouldn’t have a snowballs chance in he** of getting your vote and if they did they’d be doing something wrong.