tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post111820674310558602..comments2023-10-21T05:31:04.705-05:00Comments on Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH: More LiesMerle Widmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788275198834985986noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-83043271115328963002008-03-24T18:18:00.000-05:002008-03-24T18:18:00.000-05:00Wow, a list of black friends. Very classy, Merle....Wow, a list of black friends. Very classy, Merle. I'm sure your friends appreciate that.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of this:<BR/>http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/AdamBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14625655604759074752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1130218946305679662005-10-25T00:42:00.000-05:002005-10-25T00:42:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1118860854936278462005-06-15T13:40:00.000-05:002005-06-15T13:40:00.000-05:00MerleWhy do you have to identify the African Ameri...Merle<BR/><BR/>Why do you have to identify the African Americans that are your friends. If they are your friends why in the world do you have to continually identify them by race. Just let them be your friends!!!!! It appears that you are trying to convince yourself that you have friends that happen to be African American. Give it a break!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1118711778144344982005-06-13T20:16:00.000-05:002005-06-13T20:16:00.000-05:00...yeah, that's the problem with the whole blog th......yeah, that's the problem with the whole blog thing. Frequent, short posts seem to be more effective. But for busy people, it's more realistic to do one or two longer ones each evening or every other day. <BR/><BR/>But anyway, as someone who doesn't live in Peoria, it's striking to see how many blogs there are, and none of them seem to have much respect for the PJS editorial page. They must be particularly bad...<BR/><BR/>Not that I have any way to quantify this, but it does seem like Peoria has an unusally high no. of active bloggers for its size. That's some indication that the traditional press isn't doing its job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1118600461857201052005-06-12T13:21:00.000-05:002005-06-12T13:21:00.000-05:00Rob,Your right. I did have a part in this. I sho...Rob,<BR/><BR/>Your right. I did have a part in this. I shouldn't have run for office and defeated Barbara's friend Zan. (Barb asked me why I would run against someone who was doing such a good job) In her nine years son the Cdounty Board Zan helped run the County General Fund from a 12 million dollar surplus in 1997 to a deficit of 1 1/2 million when I took office. Incidently, Zan was in line to be elected County Board Chairman and husband Dave was elected mayor, so the Ransburgs would have run both the City and County of Peoria. I guess, the voter and I upset the applecart. In turn that upset a lot of other people who haven't forgiven my audacity. Also my timing was bad. The media were writing about nationwide racial hate at the time. Personnaly, I was the 2nd small company to hire an African American as an outside salesman. He helped me for 10 years before being hired by State Farm. Today he is Managing Agent for them and still one of my good friends. So is Dana Davis and David Booth, both of whom I hired. Other friends are Marshall Dunnigan, Doc Stafford. Percy Baker, Andre Bohannon, Wayne Mclain, the Allen family, ect.<BR/><BR/>Rob, if you havent't run for public office in Peoria I sugget you have the endorsement of the JSEB before you do run. Thanks for reading me!Merle Widmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267875223386924271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1118599238561485592005-06-12T13:00:00.000-05:002005-06-12T13:00:00.000-05:00To Anonymous,I agree, but until blogging came alon...To Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I agree, but until blogging came along, their was no way I could bring the viciousness of the JS to a larger audience. Terry Bibo, of the JS, wrote 30 columnar inches in one artile condeming me.<BR/><BR/>Daily, articles appear in all media that are much longer than this blog. Some of them don't have much content. If mine don't have much content, I won't be read.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, my readership did show a sizeable increase in readership after this blog. I can't blog on as many subjects and as regulary as my friend, Bill. But thanks for your comments! <BR/><BR/>Give me a calll. I'm in the phone book and we can have coffee and maybe you can help me with my writing. I didn't study journalism.Merle Widmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267875223386924271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1118508038995550672005-06-11T11:40:00.000-05:002005-06-11T11:40:00.000-05:00I enoyed every word of it. It reminded me that th...I enoyed every word of it. It reminded me that the Peoria paper would not even interview me when I ran for Governor as a Libertarian. No matter that I had more years of public service than either of my opponents.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting to hear how the local daily tries to limit competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671777.post-1118384371986448722005-06-10T01:19:00.000-05:002005-06-10T01:19:00.000-05:00yackety yackety yackety...It took me 20 minutes to...yackety yackety yackety...<BR/>It took me 20 minutes to read all this. <BR/><BR/>Merle, I've never met you. But you seem to be a compelling public figure who I'd be interested in hearing more about. But NO ONE is so compelling that we want to read a 4,000-word diatribe about the JS.<BR/><BR/>If you could cut the length of your posts here bt 50 percent, this would be a pretty damn good blog. Writing is like drinking; you gotta know when to say when.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com