September 24, 2008
From an email I sent to PI regarding Bradley and the city of Peoria:
I don’t know…It just pisses me off when the PJS and the City Council vilify the Bradley student body and make it sound like they’re a scourge on the Peoria community. If it weren’t for Bradley, a lot of businesses in this town would never exist. The money those kids spend and the tax revenue they generate are a boon for Peoria. Every city with a significant 18-25 population deals with
these problems. If they spent as much newspaper space on the fucking crackheads down the hill from Bradley as they do on the students, no one would want to live here. It’s easier to blame those “damn rich Chicago brats”.
Oh yeah, and if Ms. Van Auken wants to yell at those damn kids for being on her lawn and making all that dern tootin’ noise, she probably shouldn’t do it when she’s drunk. If [some] woman came
storming up my stairs all wasted, I would’ve called the cops on her for trespassing before I said one word to her.
PI felt it would make good post. I agreed.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
There’s a really simple fix to this problem. Ms. Van Auken’s friends should move.
No, I’m not kidding. Why are you trying to raise three kids just down the road from Bradley? Best case scenario – your kids are going to be introduced to things way earlier than they should be. Worst case scenario – use your imagination.
Put simply, that area is no place to raise kids. And don’t get me started on the crappy school district, although I doubt that these kids will be venturing onto public school ground.
Do like we did…sell out. Move to the other side of the river. Sure, the commute kinda sucks. But it’s a small price to pay for a better education and better (and safer) neighborhood.