Here’s another Build the Block ad from the days leading up to the referendum. It really tugs at the heartstrings as children are brought in to sell the referendum:
Did you hear that part where it says, “An IMAX theater will put viewers into the action right downtown,” and the excited child says, “That’s big-city stuff”? I hope the PRM people take a good look at that same child at the end when she says, “build it for me.” She’s talking about an IMAX. That’s what she was promised. Are the PRM people going to take it away now?
Keep fightin’ the good fight.
And I really, REALLY wish Sandberg would bring a cart and horse to the ground-breaking tomorrow.
makes me wish I had video of one of the Town Hall Meetings
when folks were pushing for the tax referendum passage, promising the IMAX among things….but CJ, you did better than I could have.
But, I still support the project overall, hope it gets built…I think the County Board and the PRM folks need to clean out their noses and mouth, and come clean with the taxpayers about the IMAX issues and the bond issue. That’s just my opinion there.
Don’t you find it just amazing that after 10 years of working and planning this museum, after spending over $14 million, including hundreds of thousands of $ for their consultants, Richerson and Schafer, would have the audacity to tell the public that they need to go to one more conference to figure out just what type of giant screen theater they should place in the facility.
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1305347284/IMAX-coming-to-Rave-theater-in-Peoria
Imax comes to Rave