Mayor Jim Ardis won re-election last night by defeating General Parker by a 90% percent margin. Kevin Lyons has to be relieved. I’m sure he was just sitting on the edge of his seat as the election results were coming in. “I’m gonna prosecute, I’m gonna prosecute”. Calm down Kevin, it’s ok today. Did anyone think the results were gonna be different. Mmmm, how much time did we spend talking about this?
Beth, I was really rooting for you. Recount, shmecount. I say fight to all the way to the Supreme Court. Seems to be popular to do that now a days. We should have had Bill Daily (Chicago Mayor Daily’s brother) as your Campaign Manager. He did a good job for Al Gore?
I had a bad dream last night that Ms. Van Auken won re-election. Some one WAKE ME. Or, I’m living in the Matrix and Neo failed to defeat Smith. Who in this case reminds me of Barbara. “What does it all mean, why, why do you persist”? Ok, I have a killer Smith impression you would have to be here.
Congratulations to Laura Pettele who ran for a seat on District 150 School Board. Ok first question to Laura. Do I have to pay $2.000 bucks a year as part of my property taxes anymore to Dist. 150? I don’t even have a kid who goes there. Us bloggers have to hang tight man. C’mon!!! Your first proposal…”NO TAX BURDEN FOR SINGLE MEN WHO HAVEN’T SPAWNED A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK WHO KIDS DO NOT ATTEND A DISTRICT 150 SCHOOL”. Yes, no?
Oh, and we just got bent over with a brand new shinny tax increase with a ribbon on it. Congrats Peoria. I say our next development should be in a 90 story sky scrapper with 89 of the floors vacant, but the County moving in (cause they need this) on the 90th. Then they can raise, raise, raise our taxes even more. Oh, I forgot, the first 3 floors is a new parking deck for CAT.
Ok, headed out to Shawnee National Forest and the Garden of the Gods. Taking a friend of mine son on his first backpacking trip. NO, I’m not making him carry all the water.
