The Peoria City Council will be meeting tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 14) to approve the final 2011 budget and dispose of other regular business. Here’s the agenda. You can hear the meeting on 89.9 FM (WCBU) tonight at 6:15 p.m., either on the radio or live-streamed over the Internet. The meeting will also be broadcast on … Continue reading Council meeting tonight
I’m going to take the City of Peoria’s advice and stay home today. I recommend all my readers do the same. Here’s last night’s press release from the City: The City of Peoria is under a blizzard alert which is expected to commence overnight, and last through the day on Sunday. Due to the impending … Continue reading It’s a snow day. Enjoy!
This story is from last month, but I just ran across it yesterday. Remember when Tom Ricketts asked the State of Illinois for a bunch of money to help him improve Wrigley Field, which he recently acquired? That idea went over like a lead balloon. Doling out millions in taxes to a millionaire while the … Continue reading New York Times skeptical of the Wonderful Development
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. –4th … Continue reading Quote of the Day
The Peoria City Council endorsed the creation of yet another tax Tuesday night. This time, the tax is on natural gas: By a 7-2 vote, the council endorsed a “hybrid tax” in which two different assessments will be levied on natural gas users. The first, which will affect residential, commercial and industrial customers, is a … Continue reading No choice but to tax us more, Turner says
As regular readers of my blog know, this is the busy season for me at work, so posting will be light for the next few weeks. I’ll still try to post when I can, though.
No, you never were inducted into the Hall of Fame, but you brought joy to millions of Cubs fans (and foes) through your radio broadcasts and irrepressible passion for the team you loved. You will be remembered. You will be missed. A black cat crosses Ron Santo’s path in 1969 at Shea Stadium.
From a Peoria County press release: Peoria County conducted the Peoria Riverfront Museum (PRM) bid opening this afternoon at the Peoria County Courthouse. Five companies submitted bids for construction of the PRM: Core Construction of Morton, IL; PJ Hoerr of Peoria, IL; River City Construction of East Peoria, IL; Walsh Construction of Chicago, IL; and … Continue reading Museum bids come in lower than estimated
What could be more fun than hanging out with a bunch of bloggers, commenters, and lurkers on Tuesday night at the Fieldhouse in Campustown? Don’t answer that. Just come out to Blogger Bash anyway. It’s tonight at 6 p.m.
The Journal Star covered the public meeting Monday night on the proposed East Village TIF. They report that most people were concerned about eminent domain being used the way it was in the MidTown Plaza TIF. Also, this: Other concerns expressed by residents focused on what type of development OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, which … Continue reading Public skeptical of East Village plans