You may have missed the news that the City Council on 2/22/11 voted 9-1 to award a contract of $1.19 million from money PROMISED from the feds, Tiger 11 Grant, to Hanson Professional Services Inc./Farnsworth Group to do PRELIMINARY engineering work, a 17 month project mainly concerned with many of the side streets within the City's Downtown Warehouse District.
This 9-1 proceed vote cane despite a warning from Senator Durbin, "The tone of Durbin's speech was different from the from the one made in October when he made a trip to Peoria to tell them they were part of $600 million Federal Tiger 11 grant. Clearly the Tiger 11 funds are in jeopardy. It is the first time in history we have walked away from an obligation we've accepted." First time? What about the money pledged to build the new museum? What b--l s--t, but to be expected from a money spending Democrat or Republican politician". (JS - John Sharp)
Strongly supporting awarding the $1.19 million was Republican Councilman Ryan Spain. Spain, a nice guy, is a green young relative newcomer to the political scene (with no experience in the private sector that pays the taxes to pay for Spain's free spending) and as yet I have never seen a money speeding project he hasn't supported. Committing money that the city doesn't have, the state doesn't have and the feds do not have is the way City Hall has operated to get our city in over $13 million in debt.
And a desperate move to hire Patrick Urich to bring the County into Uni-Gov and bail the city out of its growing deficit.
Many of you are clamoring for change. I guaranteed you you will not get it re-electing big spenders like Spain and Turner.
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