Send in the Clowns, Too Late, They Already Bought Us….

God I love this town.  Politics and deals being made behind the scenes so we plain old dumb folks can sit back, relax and enjoy the community and watch it grow, not.  Backroom deals?  In Peoria?  Say it isn’t so…

What the hell am I talking about?  Well, for one, CJ has a great post on the Kellar Branch rail line and how it seems that “family” has gotten together and bought the line so they could most likely make an anal retentive walking trail out of a perfectly good rail line.  Read CJs post and jump back here as I agree with all his points.

Ok, for those that don’t know, Kellar Branch rail runs from downtown through the north end and up into the Heights, through that bustling community and out past Junction City which is owned by a guy named Alexis Khazzam, not to be confused with the kid in the 60s show that yelled “Shazam!” and was transferred into a super hero gay looking dude with a cape (Captain Marvel)  and would fight crime although “our” Khazzam has enough money and apparently a wealthy and savvy father in law to buy anything he wants including train sets, read, rail line.  Ironically, Captain Marvel’s alter ego was named Billy, not to be confused with Billy our hero blogger who neither wears a cape nor flies.

OK, back to the father in law, Thomas Leiter,  who apparently is the dude that bought both CIRY and PIRY lines which, if he wanted to, and will probably will do, is going to abandon the line opening up the rail to be made into a trail.  He apparently has been making backroom deals to acquire the railroad and it’s rights.  I guess if you have the money, you have the right to make deals but when it comes to public property or the rights to which the rail sits on, owned by us, the City of Peoria, well then we should at least know by being informed from our council representatives.  But noooooo…… Some one pass the meat tray please.  Is that wine?  Another martini Barbara?  Pass the rail line deed please.

This will also open up all our wallets, again, because that “black hole for money” better known as the Peoria Park District will most likely have to pay to keep the upkeep on the trail which means tax dollars.  Yep, folks, we the taxpayer get it in the ass again all so a small elite group can don their spandex and walk/run/ride the trial. Why hell, with the trail and the new museum, shit, all those tourists dollars rolling in one won’t even smell the shit in the river from the sewer overflow while strolling the safe riverfront. Bang Bang

Only thing is, I’ll bet the trail south of the Heights, through the north end and down to the Riverfront won’t hardly be used.  Why?  Well it won’t take long for Peoria’s scumbags to figure out that easy robbery targets will be using “their” path through the neighborhood.  Hell, even Mr. Rogers can see that the police will have a hard time protecting a big stretch of the trail.  But you can bet it will be used out north past Junction City were the elite like to sweat and stop for lattes.  Or do the elite even sweat? 

No matter.  What’s business and jobs to Peoria?  An industrial park that was serviced by a rail line goes under completely. Who cares?  What do jobs matter here?  Of course there are plenty of jobs in the service or custodial fields, ya know, waiting on the wealthy and cleaning up after them? Unfortunately, these jobs don’t provide wages to buy homes, cars, washer machines, refrigerators, and flat screen TVs.  Even Stevie Wonder can see that with all the Rent A Centers and cash Stores this town supports, good paying jobs are far and few between.  Hell, we can’t even support a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop in Peoria.  How uppity is that?

Once again, our “movers and shakers'” our leaders, which we seem to vote in term after term, got it wrong again.  What do I know?  I’m just a Peorian, a homeowner, a taxpayer.  How dare I question how some zealots spend my money.  Why the nerve!  Peoria has it ass backwards again especially if this rail to trail is allowed to go forward.  It’s not a matter of sore losers, it should be a matter of priorities.  Sound business decisions which of late, seem far and few from our city government.  

We need to drop the frills, the museums, the San Diego Zoo in Glen Oak, where our winters would freeze the balls off a moose let alone a giraffe. We need to stop providing yet more money to the Park District.  Wait until they announce that the RexPlex is in need of millions of dollars in repairs and upgrades.  Think not?  Remember where you read it.

How many cities have a feces alert when it rains?  We do. How many cities have a Mayor that prays for crime to go away, does nothing about crime, then is amazed when a higher court overturns a conviction from our State’s Attorney’s office and allows an idiot kid, who fired 5 shots in a high school to hit the streets in 3 years? Too little too late Mayor?  To be fair here, the Appellate Court thought the sentence was a tad too long.  After all, it was only five shots in a crowed hallway at a high school.  Poor misguided youth must have been scared the cops would beat him. Those judges in Ottawa need this kid to move into their neighborhood when he’s released.  Maybe he can do some yard work for the judges??

Our State’s Attorney is also prosecuting 3 police officers for allegedly beating up a known street thug and drug dealer (who is now serving time)after a cross town high speed chase because of a video which only shows part of the arrest?  It’s a police video no less.   Me thinks the police may act a tad bit slower when responding to crime.  After all, we can’t mess these criminals hair up while arresting them but damit, we’ll have a trail!

Wow, rails, trails, crime, frozen balls on giraffes, lions and tigers, oh my. We seem to have our priorities backwards here in AIROEP.  

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