In today’s CDA Press, on page A10, you’ll find a repeat of yesterday’s ad run by the Citizens to Inform Voters PAC. Just above, in nearly the same style, is a rebuttal ad from Larry Spencer. Click below to see the ad.
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Do you like harp music?  If you do, or if you’ve never heard live harp music but like the thought of music without electronic amplification, here are some upcoming events by students of Leslie Stratton Norris.  Most last one hour, and they’re FREE!

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Great hay was made last week about the Citizens to Inform Voters PAC, a political action group formed to promote the County Commissioner races. Today in the CDA Press, the PAC released the information they promised.
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This morning’s Press quotes developer Marshall Chesrown as saying, “No. All bets are not off” if NIC cannot come up with the $10 million to buy the Stimson/DeArmond Mill site for the Ed. Corridor by the end of next year. The article also said that Chesrown is “not moving forward with any alternative plans to develop the property if NIC can’t come up with the money immediately”. That’s great news.

Two important questions on this topic were asked at the NIC forum last Thursday evening:

1. Would you consider putting the Ed. Corridor issue up to an Advisory Vote of the people?

2. Why not float a Bond levy instead of taking Foregone taxes?  (more…)

Now I’m angry. I emailed my 12 questions (see them below) into NIC’s board, as instructed, and Kent Probst, their PR guy, took my questions and re-wrote them on 3×5 cards. But he changed them. He only took bits and pieces of them. And it wasn’t just my questions. Rep. Frank Henderson brought a question with him, they took it at the door, but then they re-wrote his also, watering it down.

I have a family obligation this morning, but will write all about this sham of a meeting later today.

I’ll leave you ,for now, with this visual image: the panel, from left to right: Moderator Mike Patrick from the Press, Cyndie Hammond from LCSC, Larry Branen from U of I, Mic Armon, NIC Board, Priscilla Bell, NIC President, Sandi Bloem, CdA Mayor, Charlie Nipp, LCDC Chairman. That’s the lineup. Now imagine this: The other 4 NIC Board members were sitting directly behind the panel on the stage, under the big presentation screen, literally in the dark. You could hardly see them. They never said one word. They are the elected Board members who will make the decision about buying the Mill site for $10 million, but only Mic spoke for the Board. More later. Here’s the “more”:

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