This blog is maintained for the sole purpose of allowing the people of Peru and those interested in the cities of the Illinois Valley to express their views.
“It doesn’t take a majority to win, just a tireless minority that will keep starting brush fires in the mind and hearts of their fellow men.” Samuel Adams
Sending a message in Streator, quite creative from a political city watcher.
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So this guy thinks that surveillance cameras to record people and increasing the license cost for a legal business are good things? I don't think so! I don't want Big Brother watching over me and I don't want government artificially increasing the cost to do business!
Pigs will fly when Peru's city council stops making every decision based on politcal alliances. Pigs will fly when Peru's elected officials stop protecting the financial interests of politcally connected private companies who provide campaign cash to candidates who return the favor by voting for no-bid contracts. Pigs will fly in Peru when a referendum authorizing a change to Council-Manager form of government is approved by a majority of voters. Will pigs fly or will the same old pigs just continue to take up space at the hog trough knowm as city hall? I'm predicting flying pigs by the fall of 2017. Go Pigs Go!
I felt that when the new city council was seated last night the attitudes became that of a group of children who finally got everything they wanted. Please Mr. Payton, do not become another "YES" man. Remember you represent the people not the council and mayor.
the council should never be "we" but individually I think in my opinion this is my vote either yes or no. We will all be watching for the first 7 to 1 vote and hoping for one tiny spark of individuality on this WE council.
what do you consider "moving the city forward" to be? I'm a believer that the less the government does the better. To handle basic government requirements, the council should be able to meet once a month and get it all done.
8:52, the way the IliniCrats do it is to put something silly on the ballot like a non-binding referendum to give everyone $10. That gets the fools to the polls. When they vote to get their ten bucks, they re-elect the IliniCrats. This tactic is only used when there is a danger of someone new getting in and stirring the pot.
Personally - I sometimes feel better when very few people vote.
2:43 PM The comment of 8:52 AM is addressing your comment.
7:55 AM Your thought that meeting once a month meetings of the council would guarantee less government, I believe that this would play into the hands of Peru's present city representation as hidden issues would be much easier to pass upon. Previously ,up to a few years ago, the Peru council meet on this weeks Monday (formal meeting) and than on the following week on Wednesday (informal meeting). The Wednesdays meeting had advantageous necessities that are presently not being addressed such as open discussion of the citizenship with city representation which no longer exists and anything brought up at a informal meeting could not be voted upon until the following meeting. Also if a issue was presented at a formal meeting it could not be voted upon until the next formal meeting. This gave the council time to study the agenda presented and the citizenship a opportunity to express their beliefs which is very important in the way of American government. The simple attitude of public comment in which there are no questions and answers permitted has stifled the interchange of ideas between city officials and their fellow taxpayers in a public environment.
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So this guy thinks that surveillance cameras to record people and increasing the license cost for a legal business are good things? I don't think so! I don't want Big Brother watching over me and I don't want government artificially increasing the cost to do business!
Pigs will fly when Peru's city council stops making every decision based on politcal alliances. Pigs will fly when Peru's elected officials stop protecting the financial interests of politcally connected private companies who provide campaign cash to candidates who return the favor by voting for no-bid contracts. Pigs will fly in Peru when a referendum authorizing a change to Council-Manager form of government is approved by a majority of voters. Will pigs fly or will the same old pigs just continue to take up space at the hog trough knowm as city hall?
I'm predicting flying pigs by the fall of 2017. Go Pigs Go!
I would rather see flying pigs than overgrown blown up rats in Peru
The blog should move to Streator, Princeton or LaSalle. There is enough controversy to make things interesting.
I felt that when the new city council was seated last night the attitudes became that of a group of children who finally got everything they wanted. Please Mr. Payton, do not become another "YES" man. Remember you represent the people not the council and mayor.
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The council in now WE instead of ME.
the council should never be "we" but individually I think in my opinion this is my vote either yes or no. We will all be watching for the first 7 to 1 vote and hoping for one tiny spark of individuality on this WE council.
We is a term used to move the city forward. I is the term used to move oneself forward.
what do you consider "moving the city forward" to be? I'm a believer that the less the government does the better. To handle basic government requirements, the council should be able to meet once a month and get it all done.
It is nowhere near as important as to what the vote total is as what the subject being voted upon.
8:52, the way the IliniCrats do it is to put something silly on the ballot like a non-binding referendum to give everyone $10. That gets the fools to the polls. When they vote to get their ten bucks, they re-elect the IliniCrats. This tactic is only used when there is a danger of someone new getting in and stirring the pot.
Personally - I sometimes feel better when very few people vote.
2:43 PM
The comment of 8:52 AM is addressing your comment.
7:55 AM Your thought that meeting once a month meetings of the council would guarantee less government, I believe that this would play into the hands of Peru's present city representation as hidden issues would be much easier to pass upon.
Previously ,up to a few years ago, the Peru council meet on this weeks Monday (formal meeting) and than on the following week on Wednesday (informal meeting).
The Wednesdays meeting had advantageous necessities that are presently not being addressed such as open discussion of the citizenship with city representation which no longer exists and anything brought up at a informal meeting could not be voted upon until the following meeting. Also if a issue was presented at a formal meeting it could not be voted upon until the next formal meeting. This gave the council time to study the agenda presented and the citizenship a opportunity to express their beliefs which is very important in the way of American government. The simple attitude of public comment in which there are no questions and answers permitted has stifled the interchange of ideas between city officials and their fellow taxpayers in a public environment.
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