If your mind is too open, your brain will fall out. Warning: Names, identities, descriptions, and pictures have been changed and/or used to protect the innocent as well as the guilty. PollyPeoria should not be used or quoted as a source for your senior college thesis.

Monday, July 25

Mmm...Oh...Oh...Oh...Please don't stop...YES! YES! YES!!!

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Found two new blog sites, thanks to the Peoria Pundit. Liked them so much that I added them to my blog roll. My attempts to link them worked on my very FIRST try, which is definitely a sign of divine intervention. The first, peoriacrackhouse.blogspot.com, shows homes where the author believes crack is being dealt. The second, shameonpeoria.blogspot.com, shows homes - rental properties mostly - that are a blight on the neighborhood. It also gives the address of where the owners actually reside and the name of the lender. Beautiful. Now that's what I call "citizen journalism."

I promise have nothing to do with either blog. I have no clue who the author and/or authors is/are. But I really, really like them. A LOT.

Of course, all properties, owners and occupants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, should our beloved and hard working City and States Attorneys ever get around to prosecuting them.

Whoever did this should get a prize.

*smiles*
*lights cigarette*

Hey, PJ Star: Is it SandBURG or SandBERG?

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I thought when we overwhelming boot kicked Ran$burg out of office the confusion would finally end. Apparently Ran$burg's continued quest for the limelight has compromised the Journal Star's proof reading skills. Anyone notice the massive typo in today's Word on the Street column? They spelled Councilman Gary Sandberg's name incorrectly in the HEADLINE, but got it right -I think- in the article itself. I'm sure this sort of thing happens all the time at fine, upscale, educated, big city newspapers and not just the hick, po-dunk Journal Star. With this sort of screw up, one wonders why Editor Mike Bailey feels so smug regarding bloggers. At least Bill Dennis can spell Gary's name.

The content of the column was quite enjoyable. I would have preferred to see it closer to the At-large City Council elections in 2007. Rumor (i.e., Chase Ingersoll) has it that Marcella Teplitz plans to run. Certain funds are MIA. No one is making direct accusations -YET- but people are starting to ask questions and it doesn't look good. The column made it seem that City Attorney Randy Ray and Marcella's hubby, Attorney Jack Teplitz, are tight. Sandberg seems to think this may be why a formal inquiry has failed to take place.

I smell something fishy and it isn't just Peoria's water.

Sigh. Some people just can't take a hint. We kick Ran$burg out of the Mayor's chair and he infiltrates the School Board. We kick Teplitz out of the Second District council seat and she attempts a resurrection via an At-Large position. Hey, has anyone seen Thetford lately?

*Shivers*
*Strings garlic necklace*
*Holsters huge cross and stake*

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