Rich Miller of The Capitol Fax Blog doesn’t think highly of of the political and government acumen of whoever it is who wrote this editorial in the Peoria Journal Star:
* The Peoria Journal-Star editorializes about the need for constitutional amendments on property taxes, the number of local governments, TIF districts, ethics reforms, the unfunded pension [...]

I sat at my desk at work yesterday, POed that I didn’t have access to my blog so I could post about the breaking news that touched on themes and issues close to my heart. Kevin Lyons was catching and releasing again. Thomas Jefferson School caught fire, and the closure of the Fire Station 11 [...]

So, I’m reading today’s Word on the Street column and it strikes me that there isn’t one topic — Susana Mendoza’s endorsement of Aaron’s Schock. Colleen Callahan’s panned “Daisy” ad, Ray LaHood demanding Callahan stop using him in ads, the Tribune’s endorsement of Schock, the potential water company buyout — that hasn’t already been covered [...]

Wednesday was the last day GateHouse Media — the company that owns the Peoria Journal Star and most of the other daily and weekly newspapers in the area — was traded on the New York Stock exchange. It’s trading price at the exchange closed? Seven cents per share. At one point, it sold at more [...]

The Turner Report notes that GateHouse Media stock reached 15 cents per share Thursday, but closed at 21 cents. The company recently submitted a plan to get it’s stock back up above $1 share to avoid delisting from the New York Stock Exchange.
He also noted that stock for Nexstar Broadcasting, parent company to WMBD 31 [...]

He’s the new deputy opinion page editor at the Peoria Journal Star.
The name “Chris Kaergard” isn’t familiar to me, which means he hasn’t done much writing for the Journal Star since I started this blog in 2002. He’s been at the Journal Star since 2005 and I gather all he’s done there is copy desk [...]

Congrats to former Peoria Journal Star Managing Editor Jack Brimeyer, who was honored Thursday at the annual Illinois Associated Press awards dinner in Springfield, held at the unoccupied governor’s mansion. Both Brimeyer and former Springfield State Journal-Register editor Barry Locher were presented with the prestigious Lincoln League of Journalists award.
Kudos to both.

A source says that Christine Smith, member of the Journal Star Editorial Board, is leaving the paper to take a public relations type job with the American Red Cross. Her departure leaves Mike Bailey as the only PJS employee assigned full-time to editorial writing.

From the Peoria Journal Star’s editorial page:
With classrooms now filled in Peoria and other central Illinois schools, our fondest wish for the 2008-09 school year is that everyone involved - students, their parents, teachers, taxpayers, school boards - stop lying, most of all to themselves.
And what follows is a lecture to parents, taxpayers, politicians and [...]

For those who didn’t know, the Peoria Journal Star is really into YouTube these days.
I’m looking all over, and I cannot find a “byline” for the following video of this weekend’s peace march:
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/M9XxOffQYCM" width="280" height="200" wmode="transparent" /]
Here’s my concern about replying on You Tube and other 3rd-party services to store yoru original content. If [...]