Two different sources — who asked to not be named — tell me that’s the rumor going around Peoria. These sources belong to different parties and don’t run in the same circle of friends.
Here’s what one tells me: If Shadid does run, the motivation will be political payback and an attempt to relieve boredom.

He’s mad at [...]

I tend to get a lot of email from folks wanting to know where they can go on the Web to find information.
I am tempted to reply: “Um … Google?” I mean, who do they think I am, “Mr. Know-it-All?”
So, here is one such link I’ve passed along, as well as some that already were [...]

C.J. has already posted about a report 1 in 4 city employees don’t live in the city. There’s already been a ton of comments.
I’ve posted about this topic before (here , here and here, among other times).
This issue drives me insane. Does the city have NO say in this matter? The way its been explained [...]

(Press release from Peoria City Hall)
NEWS RELEASE
Date: September 19, 2008
Released by: Alma Brown, Communications Manager, 494-8554
Subject: SIGNS IN RIGHT-OF-WAY
17-10 – a./8 of the City Ordinance
All private signs in the public right of way are prohibited. As a reminder, any private advertisement in the public right of way is prohibited. The signs are subject [...]

PeoriaIllinoisan has the scoop.

From the Journal Star:

I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that there’s flooding in Spring Bay.
When Alicia Butler ran for re-election to the Peoria District 150 school board, the Journal Star could not write about her without mentioning the discrepancies between what the degrees she claimed to have, and what they were being told by [...]

The following is the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Peoria City Council. The annotated version is available here.

Via PRNewswire:

Regent Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGCI) announced today that on August 11, 2008, it received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (”Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that for the 30 consecutive trading days preceding the date of the letter, the bid price of the Company’s common stock had closed below the $1.00 per share [...]

Most of today’s Word on the Street deals with East Peoria and Pekin.
I’ll let someone who lives in these communities comment on that material.
I do note that Council member Eric Turner is making some noise about violence at Peoria-area festivals and other outdoor events. He says there needs to be some “frank talk” about the [...]

I was invited to attend a meet-up of the Peoria Flickr Group this morning at One World on the corner of West Main and Peoria.
This was my third time at One World this week, a new record. It’s one of my favorite restaurants, but I have managed at times to go months without stopping by. [...]