Comments on: Politics: Some city council speculation (UPDATED 2x)

By: Mahkno

Mahkno — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:12:33 +0000

“I really do feel I would tell someone to â€œFâ€ off and the whole council meeting would come to a halt. ”

I would salute you if you did that!

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:15:35 +0000

Randall: You’ve had some interesting and thoughtful posts recently. You can influence the debate by continuing to do this.

By: Emtronics

Emtronics — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:06:34 +0000

Mahkno, sorry it is so. Other things have come up and my family feels I need to direct my attention there and besides, I want Peoria and the 1st District to have the best representation they can get and I don’t think I am the person to provide that. (Nor is Gulley) I really do feel I would tell someone to “F” off and the whole council meeting would come to a halt. Then you bloggers would really have something to blog about.

By: Mahkno

Mahkno — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:17:07 +0000

PAP, you backing off running for the 1st? Say it isn’t so.

By: Seth Ben-Ezra

Seth Ben-Ezra — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:03:32 +0000

FWIW, I’d probably vote for CJ if he ran. Just a data point.

By: Emtronics

Emtronics — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:27:06 +0000

Billy, 1st, Gulley changed his mind. That is his right. I had it on good info he wasn’t running (Billy, you know the source) As for my “angry white male act” I don’t know what you are talking about. Yes, I am angry at the way this city council has direct the city and the way the 1st district has been completely ignored for years. Color has nothing to do with it but thanks for inciting it. A lot of people of all colors are angry.
As for BVA, well, drunk, waving her hands around, swearing, poking fingers at police officers, calling police officers “something” less than they are, abandoning Ren Park, using her office as a badge of authority, telling the Arbor folks that she’ll get them another arbor at the other end of Rebbecca (at taxpayers expense) , failing to staff Station11 as promised, failing to make Sheridan Rd 2 lanes as promised to different neighborhood groups, promised to rid us of the Garbage Fee and didn’t, what’s not to love? Out of all of the council members, she is the worse second only to Nichting. Both are huge egos and do things simply for votes. How about doing something for the city of Peoria?
You stoutly defend different wrongs in this community, like Big Al’s yet you seem to kiss her a$$ at every opportunity is beyond me and frankly beyond some others. But hey! Thanks for the great intro.

By: C. J. Summers

C. J. Summers — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:27:36 +0000

They got a pass, if you want to put it that way, on that one incident and that one incident alone. No one thinks these frat houses are full of little angels. The point was that BVA’s actions hurt the West Bluff’s cause rather than help it precisely because she became a “distraction.” It was actually worse than that. Her “testimony,” as it were, was unreliable because of her impaired judgment.

And as for the flier, you have to admit the part about the red cups equaling underage drinking was pretty ridiculous. I’m all for setting high expectations for the Bradley students on how to conduct themselves in our neighborhoods, but I think that can be done without being paternalistic or presumptuous.

By: Mamma Hen

Mamma Hen — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:13:22 +0000

I would like to see Paul run for Council at large . He is very smart and he really cares. He would be a team player , not just his personal agenga ..

By: Mahkno

Mahkno — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:58:40 +0000

Sigma Nu got a huge pass and you know it. Moss-Bradley got slammed for their flier, which compared to ones I have seen elsewhere is perfectly normal, but not in Peoria; NO. The whole West Bluff got slammed for wanting to have quality neighborhoods. The blogosphere fell for the distraction hook line and sinker.

Matheny has got to be feeling pretty smug with himself. He should run for office. He has media savvy. He can turn a chronic disturbance problem into victimhood. Masterful!

A couple weeks ago there was a little blip in the Bradley Scout police blotter quoting some of these loud mouthed rude kids crying they were being ‘oppressed’ by the police who were doing normal nighttime patrols.

By: C. J. Summers

C. J. Summers — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:21:35 +0000

Mahkno — What “support they got in the blogosphere”? Oh, you mean when we criticized BVA for confronting Sigma Nu while intoxicated, disrespecting the Bradley police, and generally making a spectacle of herself? I wouldn’t characterize that as “support” for Sigma Nu.