It's not a secret - City Hall can be very accommodating to "Fortune 100 company, Caterpillar Tractor Co." I keep hearing lately that the number of employees that bleed Cat yellow Downtown is somewhere in the 3,000 range and the higher ups at Caterpillar are concerned about their safety.
As we know, recently the state and city commissioned a feasibility study on the installation of a roundabout. The study is said to have cost nearly $400,000. City Hall is good with the findings of the study and is about to seal the deal on the Beautiful Warehouse District Roundabout.
But hold up, wait just one minute... Cat is concerned that the narrowing of lanes for this very special roundabout could affect traffic elsewhere, especially the streets surrounding Cat Headquarters (Southwest Adams Street and Northeast Jefferson Avenue) and they want more data.
The local sentiment on Cat getting what they want...
If what Phil says is true... imagine if only the higher ups at Caterpillar would look down from their tower and peer out into the City at the people below them and weld their power on behalf of all of Peoria. What if they were to expand their concerns about their employee life style issues and insist upon the following feasibility study...
As we know, recently the state and city commissioned a feasibility study on the installation of a roundabout. The study is said to have cost nearly $400,000. City Hall is good with the findings of the study and is about to seal the deal on the Beautiful Warehouse District Roundabout.
But hold up, wait just one minute... Cat is concerned that the narrowing of lanes for this very special roundabout could affect traffic elsewhere, especially the streets surrounding Cat Headquarters (Southwest Adams Street and Northeast Jefferson Avenue) and they want more data.The local sentiment on Cat getting what they want...
If what Phil says is true... imagine if only the higher ups at Caterpillar would look down from their tower and peer out into the City at the people below them and weld their power on behalf of all of Peoria. What if they were to expand their concerns about their employee life style issues and insist upon the following feasibility study...... IF Caterpillar employees came back to the City of Peoria (to the older neighborhoods) bringing in their tax base and their children to Peoria schools, how safe would they be? What would be the probability of being hit by bullets (rather than trucks)?
How about exploring why residents in Peoria run the risk of getting shot, killed, shot, robbed, shot and mugged EVERY SINGLE DAY. And then follow up on the demand and insist that if City Hall can't find the answer and put an end to all of the shooting thugging killing and mugging, Caterpillar will leave the City of Peoria.
