Editorial Page
We Were Promised an IMAX Theatre!
by Merle Widmer, Peoria County Board Member
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis was recently quoted in the Journal Star: “I think a number of people in the community as well as myself, were under the impression there would be an IMAX theatre in the Peoria Riverfront Museum (PRM).” He went on...
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A GOP senior’s view of the Peoria Tea Party
By Coleen Lickiss, Marquette Heights, IL
Knowing the momentum American Tea Partiers were gaining, I, a Republican senior, personally wanted to see and hear what really transpired at the Peoria Tea Party April 15 along the riverfront at the end of Liberty Street.
The first description of the fun, friendly educational event on a...
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Thanks for Proper Example of a Personal Attack, Roger
By Steve Fairbanks, Peoria, IL
In his “Straight Talk” column in the March issue of the Community Word, Roger Monroe chided a Peoria County Board member for a “blistering personal attack” on a fellow board member. He also accused the board member of “grandstanding.” Monroe then goes on to call the U.S. Speaker of...
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Will It Play in Peoria?
By C.E. Gauf, Peoria Heights, IL
The question is, whether or not downtown Peoria is ready for a museum (Sear’s block) of this magnitude. With only one half of one per cent of the population in the Greater Peoria area projected to attend museum functions, tax payers will be obligated...
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