Politics as usual: Kellar Branch is doomed
C.J. Summers has figured that Tom Leiter — father-in-law to big-bucks developer and Rock Island Trail supporter Alexis Khazzam’s — has apparently managed to take over the rail companies that operate on the Kellar Branch. There’s a deal pending approval before the Peoria City Council that will no doubt eventually lead to part of the branch shutting down, making way for the trail.
And that has C.J. pretty mush disgusted with politics as usual in Peoria:
Ya gotta love the secrecy of Peoria politics. This has clearly been going on for more than nine months, yet this is the first time we’re hearing about it (publicly, anyway), and only because it has to be approved at an open meeting. Even then, they’re going to trickle out the agreements over time, so we can only see the full picture after it’s too late for the public to make any objections. A brilliant, albeit [...]
Original post by Billy Dennis
