You join the school board and now you want to stop downtown redevelopment?

How dare you stand in the way of progress Ms. Costic...

There is a regular commenter on Peoria Chronicle that goes by the name "District 150 Observer". D150O is consisent with the use of the name and the level of information that he apparently has about the goings on in the City. The other day he posted this:

but in Saturday's pjstar, Councilman Turner said this:

Wow, that's a heavy burden to place on new BOE member Mya Lynn Costic, who is the owner of Mya's Just 4 Kids (the "learning center" of which Councilman Turner speaks). Just what we need MORE friction between the City and the BOE. Turner's comment kind of ramps it up, doesn't it?

I'm sure Ms. Costic is civic minded (she volunteered for the school board) and wouldn't want to cause the City any irreparable harm over her decision to protect her business interests and/or clients.

It just seems kind of unfair that an "at-large" Councilman (who is supposed to care about both Ms. Costic's interest and the strip club owner) would say that the future of downtown Peoria hinges on whether Ms. Costic stands up for not wanting a very popular strip club to re-locate 100 feet from her child care center.

District 150 fills Rachael Pakers's seat

After meeting with all four candidates last night, this morning, Debbie Wolfmeyer made calls to inform all applicants seeking appointment, that the BOE will appoint Mya Lynn Costic, owner of Mya's Just 4 Kids as the replacement to fill Racheal Parker's 2nd District seat. Ms. Costic, who just recently joined the District's Parental Advisory Committee, will finish out Mrs. Parkers term, which ends in 2012.

As we all know, Jim Stowell, whose term ends this year, has decided to run for City council. Debbie Wolfmeyer, current BOE President, is up for reelection this year. With the potential of a new person in Wolfmeyer's chair and in Stowell's chair, will the BOE be able to maintain the course they are currently charting with Dr. Lathan?

The District has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring a new Superintendent and her administrative team and relocating them to Peoria. As the weight of the BOE is changing, it will be interesting to see if all the money and time spent bringing in a new administrative team will be supported by the new members of the BOE.