Law allows anyone over 21 to drink to drunkeness and walk the street but don't drive a vehicle. But in many instances someone who is drunk is then charged with disorderly conduct for his behavior.
I don't make the law!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Law and Open Containers with Link
I asked about open alcohol on the streets and sidewalks of our Police Chief and he said no open alcohol outside an establishment. Permission seems to be granted at various times for events in our city parks and that means drinking in the park not on the street.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Fireworks Discussion Hijacked by Peru CSO
The meeting last night it seems was hijacked by long standing CSO members: Bob Ankiewicz, Jack O'Beirne, Don Piano, Jack Landgraf, Joe Witczak and Tony Ferrari. When Ald. Rodney Perez decided to open the discussion to the residents of Peru, it was going to be a discussion about future July 3 fireworks events, it was to discuss the pros and cons of having 2 events, one for families that don't want to go to Water Street because of the various problems associated with that location and the other to remain on Water Street and to continue in the same manner as has been done for many many years.
Upon opening the forum, Ald. Ankiewicz immediately made the announcement that the Recreation Commission had met the night before and decided that everything would remain on Water Street. He then began speaking from numerous papers he had in front of him that turned out to be more than anyone there was one bit interested. He immediately brought up the CSO and how much the city benefits from their Water Street beer garden as in Christmas Decorations (what year were they last replaced?). I honestly believe that the CSO aldermen and former Alderman are only speaking for themselves and as someone wrote on the blog some time ago, they do not speak for the entire CSO organization but they sure know how to give it a bad name. I honestly wish that some of the younger and less dominant members would stand up against them and present themselves to the public because the ones I have mentioned are giving the organization a very bad name.
Public opinion was not encouraged and those that spoke were always put down. My apologies to the representative from the Ottawa fund raising organization and to the pyro tech gentleman who were present.
I also believe that members of the CSO who are also council members need to abstain from voting on any event of which they will be a part of because they do have a conflict of interest, maybe not financially but definitely a self interest.
It turns out that the Ankiewicz announcement was premature and the Recreation Commission has discussed but not voted and will take up the matter at a later date.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Rodney Perez
ATTENTION!!! The public is invited tomorrow ( Wednesday ) to the Peru City Hall at 6:30 for a forum to discuss the 2012 FIREWORKS Celebration. A fair and balanced plan is put together that will be "FUN for EVERYONE" Yes Fireworks would be held on Water Street with a CSO Beer Garden, and YES Fireworks and a family fun day would be held at BAKER LAKE. (two venues proposed.) THE KEY is.. " WE NEED PUBLIC INPUT" so please take an hour and stop in to see us and listen to the detailed plan, Thank You!
Yes, It's that time of year again!
It's here again. The Illinois Municipal League Conference begins this week in Chicago. Peru elected officials who are signed up for the festivities as of yesterday are as follows, Mayor Harl, Treasurer Hylla, Aldermen Potthoff, Ferrari, Waldorf, and Radtke. You can check out the conference website at www.conference.iml.org. I believe there are some very informative sessions for elected officials to learn new ideas for improving their respective communities. I also believe we should not be allowing any elected officials who attended last year to return again this year at taxpayer expense. I'm all for any newly elected official attending. Mayor Harl and Treasurer Hylla have not attended before and my personal opinion is the Mayor should always attend this conference. Regardless of economic conditions, there should never be an open invitiation for every elected official to attend every year. Certainly no more than four elected officials per year is necessary in my opinion. I think a mayor should always attend to represent his or her city. I am confident that Alderman Radtke and Treasurer Hylla have the best intentions to use the opportunity to attend informational sessions in order to help the city of Peru. There have been numerous taxpayer funded IML conference visits for all of our "multi-term" aldermen and I have yet to hear any of them present a thought or idea they carried back with them from this conference. This year I am confident there will be a few elected officials who are going with the best interests of the city of Peru. Sadly, there will also be some who are there at taxpayer expense in order to be entertained by contractors and consultants or because of the Billy Joel impersonator on Saturday night. It will be interesting to see who comes home with a brain full of ideas and knowledge from informational seminars and who comes home with a belly full of beer and Prime Rib courtesy of Chamlin and Associates and TEST, Inc.
News Tribune - News - Local - La Salle council hears plans for wastewater treatment plant dike
News Tribune - News - Local - La Salle council hears plans for wastewater treatment plant dike
Interesting to hear plans from multiple engineering firms. Have we in Peru ever done this? I don't know just asking.
News Tribune - News - Local - Valley bans synthetic cannabis
News Tribune - News - Local - Valley bans synthetic cannabis
And what are Peru and La Salle doing about this problem? I would like to hear not only from our citizens but particularly from law enforcement. Is is a problem or not? Spring Valley and Princeton have proactively passed ordinances. Is this unnecessary?
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Your Tax Dollars at Work in Peru
News clipping removed at the request of the News Tribune:...... I am assuming both Mr Vickery and Mayor Harl had asked for this news coverage of the second edition of the Nifty Fifty Things to do in Peru, so here it is for your viewing. The Mayor already knows what I think of this and now I am turning it over to my readers. Is this a good way to spend our tax dollars?
They were sent to us in our local newspaper. You can follow the link given in the article to see a copy of it.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Blogging Rules Strict or Permissive ?
Cassandra said...
Lois,
The entire point of my post was missed. It is stated multiple times that offensive, rude and off-topic comments are not being posted. Of the 92 comments on here- only 19 have to do with the topic and at least 20 of these are disrespectful and slanderous. I truthfully just stopped counting the name-calling and slander.
How is this a fair and unbiased blog if these rules that are stated are not being enforced?
By selectively following the stated rules, you are ruining the credibility and integrity of the blog.
I never said or implied to stifle Mr. Riordan or any individual's comments. All I asked was that you please follow your own rules when approving comments. No offensive or off topic posts means none at all, not the ones selectively chosen.
I repeat, again, to make it clear what I am saying. This discussion is about whether Peru would benefit from joint fire and EMS services.
19 posts are relevant. Do the math and tell me how this is a fair, unbiased discussion?
11:15 PM, September 07, 2011
This seems like a good time to get some opinions from my other blog readers. I usually try to be open minded and flexible and if someone has a concern they wish to express and they place it under a topic that is not what the concern is about, I don't have a problem with that but as expressed by the reader above, she does.
This is actually the way some of the most intense discussions have taken place and again I don't have a problem with it and I just wonder how others feel.
As numerous posters have stated they are happy to have found this blog to express their opinions and I am glad to be able to offer you the place to do it
I guess I feel that a lot in life is not pretty and I have no intention of covering it up to make anyone feel good about the blog. The blog does not exist to present a rosey picture but merely an honest one in my opinion and offer others the chance to disagree with me. Since I happen to read the posts and make the decisions as to whether they are posted or not, I will just say "the buck stops here" I have a few friends I will read a post to and say I am thinking of not putting this up and they generally will say, you need to put it up, people need to be aware of this and they will tell me in their opinion why it needs to be posted. Again sometimes I agree and sometimes I do not.
As far as integrity again it is up to each individual to make that judgement.
Monday, September 05, 2011
According to Law Who is Responsible?
A question was recently asked about who has the power to appoint in a city and which appointment needs approval of the city council.
I have a busy day but most information is available in the link I have just posted.
The title of this post is a link which will take you to the Illinois Municipal Code which is rule in Illinois.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
News Tribune - News - Local - Business association to landscape tiny plaza
News Tribune - News - Local - Business association to landscape tiny plaza
Happens to be in LaSalle and perhaps Peru might catch the bug if the bank downtown is demolished. Love this idea for a green downtown area.
Friday, September 02, 2011
Ambulance Response Time PVAS
A discussion of ambulance response time came up on the previous ambulance vs fire department ems service postings under the U Tube video. The answer seemed to be that if they were at Hyvee they would be closer to Rte 80 and the Mall but of course we all realize that they would be further from Water Street and Peru areas on Rte 251 south of the bridge or SW Peru residential area.
Now I have another question. It has come to my attention that PVAS puts a standby ambulance at the La Salle Speedway when there is an event taking place. Yet La Salle does the transport if needed.
OK if there is a need for several ambulances in Peru, is the ambulance at the Speedway unneeded is it one of those who would normally be on duty at the PVAS building? If it is also taking calls in Peru, can you imagine the response time?
If they were not getting money from the city and did not have several city aldermen on their board, I would not be asking these questions. But they do both.
Question 2: why does PVAS station an ambulance at the Speedway? Is this part of the ambulance directors private business and is he using the not for profit corp. vehicles? Is the Speedway paying for standby service to PVAS?
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
News Tribune - News - Local - La Salle works on tiny downtown park
News Tribune - News - Local - La Salle works on tiny downtown park
Great idea "green space" down town.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
To the women who continue to work against intense odds in Peru to make a difference in our city, one we can be proud to call our home. Some of the "gentlemen" members of the city council don't seem to understand that it is not their town only but ours also and it belongs to our family and friends and we are all entitled to voice our opinions whether you happen to like it or not. And we hope that Mr Waldorf gets the point one of these days. And Mr. Ankiewicz also.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Peru Volunteer Ambulance Report July 2011
Please excuse my pencil lines but this is one of my work papers. This type of report comes out monthly from PVAS to the city of Peru. For some reason it is read at the City Council meetings. The one item that caught my eye was the fact that they (PVAS) have an ambulance on standby at the La Salle Speedway in spite of the fact that LaSalle does provide emergency care and transport if needed to/from the Speedway. So why are we there with an ambulance? I should not say we because this is a private not for profit corporation that the City of Peru generously donates $4000 to each month. It is truly a donation because although their board consists of elected or previously elected city officials, the city has no none input into the organization and how it is run. No one other than the board sees their books. It is time for the city of Peru to get into or out of the ambulance business. If we continue to support a service, why are we not doing like La Salle, Mendota, Princeton and Ottawa for starters. They all have their own Fire Department Paramedic service that are run well and even make a profit for their respective cities. If we can't do that, then let the service learn how to manage their finances and run as a truly private corp. and not a half way, partially supported by the city organization. Enough is enough.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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