The Journal Star’s “breaking news” department has a story on the rumored petition drive to reverse the Park Board’s decision on siting a new school in Glen Oak Park:
A group of neighbors across the street from Glen Oak Park are circulating a petition to get the Peoria Park Board to reconsider its rejection of a school there.
Teresa Larson, who feels “ashamed†she didn’t speak out sooner, said she and several of her neighbors have collected about 30 signatures this week.
So, there you go. The “silent majority” is finally speaking — a whopping 30 people! Of course, they live “across the street from Glen Oak Park,” so they’re some of the only people in the East Bluff who would be unaffected by putting the school in the park. It will be interesting to see how many residents from the rest of the Glen Oak attendance area sign the petition.
Considering this is the so-called “silent majority,” people should be lining up around the block to sign.
The news I received was that the goal was obtaining a large number of signatures. Reportedly they were looking to other areas of the city for support when 20+ other neighborhoods voted against the site, it ought to prove interesting. Any word on exactly who is backing the petition?
I would think that people living real close would want it there vs the current site. That part of the park isn’t really itilized now anyway. Yes, I know that if the Park District maintained the park better, it might be better utilized, but since they haven’t….
itilized = utilized…
The only person named in Jellick’s article tonight is Teresa Larson, who is only identified as one of several people collecting signatures, not as the main force behind the effort. Perhaps more on that will be in tomorrow’s paper….