In an editorial in today's pjstar Mayor Ardis asked that citizens "remember this outrageous decision" (referring to a decision made by Appellate Court Judges Mary McDade and Mary O'Brien) when they come up for election and retention. Really?
If only it had been implored upon citizens by some high level official to apply the same practice to Mayor Ardis when he was up for re-election.
We bloggers complain about how deals are made and how the City is run and there is a great deal of validity in those complaints (see today's Peoria AntiPundit post entitled "Where's our head.." for a fairly thorough list). However...
If only it had been implored upon citizens by some high level official to apply the same practice to Mayor Ardis when he was up for re-election.
We bloggers complain about how deals are made and how the City is run and there is a great deal of validity in those complaints (see today's Peoria AntiPundit post entitled "Where's our head.." for a fairly thorough list). However...
Unfortunately the Mayor was under no pressure to do better when he was up for re-election. Therefore, the Mayor didn't promise Peorians a city free of crime, or any of the other things that we expect (i.e., a Mayor and Council that care about all of Peoria), he didn't have to.
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I think we'd just moved here not long after this case came to light. It sounds like this young man received excellent representation. I would hate to think that any criminal the age of this young man was beyond rehabilitation. I'd also hate to think that any judge would engage in grandstanding from the bench.
Rix: I see it as the Judges are over the "throw away kid" mentality that is prevelant here in Peoria.
If they are "grandstanding" they picked the wrong fight. As it stands,they gain nothing from this decision.
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