On April 17, 2006 the JS printed “When did the Peoria School District #150 and the Peoria Park Board decide to partner to use 5 acres of Glen Oak park for a new proposed school?
And whose idea was it? And why is so hard to get an answer?
There seems to be mounting evidence that the School Board had settled on Glen Oak Park sooner than later. Linda Taggart, whose home is one of the 21 parcels of private property that District 150 needs for this project, says she got a letter from the District realtor (Keller Williams) one day and read about it in the JS the next day, March 29. That was her notice. “It was like a butcher was doing it,” Taggart was quoted as saying.
Emails obtained through the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, suggest the School Board was set on its site as early as March 3, 2006.
In an email response to a request from Bob Manning, City Council person for the Glen Oak neighborhood, to Sean Matheson, Dist 150 Board Member, Sean is quoted as saying “the Board and Administration were unanimous in choosing the Glen Oak Park site.” Sean continues, “All that said, it would be wonderful if we could head off any trouble ahead of time and quietly. I think if the Neighborhood Associations were made aware of what we are planning, they would change their minds. (Yes indeed and Sean did not run for reelection) Sean continues “We have been tight-lipped for now because we are waiting for the park district to tentatively OK the plan and because we have not yet notified the homeowners that will be affected.”
The date of response was March 3, 2006.
Early in my blogs I asked the reader to keep track of the dates which apparently lead to a pattern that some, somehow knew what was going on earlier than some involved have publicly stated.
This blog is mainly comprised from quotes printed in the JS
This is Part 6 of a series I am blogging as to why certain Park Board Tapes MIGHT have been “accidentally” erased.
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