Peoria Illinoisan

I planned to recap the year in the Peoria Blogosphere, but after taking an hour to go through my own history, I quickly realized that it was much too daunting of a task, so here are a few highlights, as I see it.

All links are to me unless otherwise noted.

January:

• PeoriaDad goes bye-bye
• The Peoria Chronicle debuts
• Chase Ingersoll wins the Golden Cockroach Award [PollyPeoria]

February:

• Name This Peoria Landmark debuts
• The Journal Star takes Bill Dennis’ advice and begins to publish eyecandy.
• Pammy quits. [Lollygaggin]
• Pammy changes her mind. [Lollygaggin]
• Peoria has it’s first murder of 2006, with little fanfare. [Peoria Pundit]
• Jaywalking becomes a hot topic [Peoria Pundit]

March:

• District 150 has a plan for a new school at Glen Oak Park.
• BU heads to the sweet 16
• Kiss Maplewood Ave goodbye. [Peoria Pundit]
• A tragedy strikes my family

April:

• The Peoria Park Board is accused of violating the Open Meetings Act. [Peoria Chronicle]
• Cubs sweep the Cardinals. It was all downhill from there.

May:

• VONSTER is banned. [Peoria Pundit]
• Lyn Howard gives up politics and starts a new career as a used car salesman.
• Drunken Deck Man (an all time favorite post at the P.I. household) [Scott Janz]

June:

• Pepe Taco reopens
• Arabs invade Pekin
• The Peoria Playhouse Challenge [Eyebrows McGee]
• The Most Balsy Peoria Bloggers are named. [O'Brien's Briar Patch]

July:

• Bradley buys Maplewood Ave houses for $500,000 ea.
• Eyebrows McGee comes out- on TV. [Eyebrows McGee]

August:

• The “Midwest Ambiguous Museum of Miscellany” asks the public for a real name.
• Billy gets hacked for peace
• Chef Kevin changes his name to No.9 [Chef Kevin]
• PeoriaDad says hello. [Give Me a Bouncy 'C']
• Eyebrows McGee is accused of being un-American and is told to “Go Back to Boston” [Eyebrows McGee]

September:

• Museum Square asks the public for a name (again). [Peoria Chronicle]
• Peoria Park Board erased some important tapes [Peoria Chronicle]
• The 1st Peoria Crime Forum is held. [Scott Janz]

October:

• Huh? VONSTER opens his site to comments.
• Peoria Public Library considers some changes.
• The Cardinals… well, we all know what they did. [Peoria Chronicle]
• Sadly, Midwest Confidential may change to the Conferderate Confidential.

November:

• I meet a crazy lady on crack
• The last Arbor is torn down.

December:

• Snow.
• Park Board votes against District 150 and for Glen Oak Park [Peoria Chronicle]
• Will the Keller Branch railroad tracks be torn out for a bike trail? Maybe not. [Peoria Chronicle]

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