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" where did all the entries go??????????? couldn't stand the heat and declared a DB error: unknown error, eh?????????? we know how you gusy play the game don't we???????????? "

" which starts with Tom Hamilton. Earlier this same story had many citizens posts that admonished Hamilton for his lack of hands on approach to city government. Where are those comments now? Did the Pantagraph have a Hamilton supporter come in and delete all these posts? Must be the case because there is no other reason why readers can post and be published, and then those great posts be deleted by the paper. What are is the Pantagraph trying to withhold from the public this time? "

" Sure wouldn't catch Tom Hamilton doing this!!! "

" "I'm at their disposal." Unfortunate choice of words by our illustrious City Manager. There's always someone out there who would love to take him up on it. "

" Maybe we can put the loaned executives from the "big insurance co" to work doing something productive like raking leaves for cash, or bagging groceries "

" Taking a half a bottle of ibuprofen, might cause liver damage. In an ER ward they would have to induce vomiting. "

" Maybe Peterson should have accepted the starting wage of a waste carrier for a year (given up his ($100,000+ job) and donated the difference to the United Way. This would have made more of a statement. As it is he just had a fun day out of the office and cost the taxpayers more money. "

" Mark hasn't turned this into a stunt as you call it. The Pantagraph has, by reporting on it. During United Way week, things such as this go on in many companies, public and private. The focus here, was that Mark made challenges to the employees for the U.W. fundraising, and provided himself as either a prize or bait, whichever way you look at it. I will agree with you, that Mr. Hamilton would't do this in a million years. That man looks down with disdain at anyone beneath his lofty social and polictical position. Quite the inverse with Mark. He's the real deal. Genuinely nice individual, and a fine city manager. "

" Now it would be great if Peterson could get to the real work at hand...coming up with a parking solution for down...er...uptown Normal, figuring out how to explain the lack of infrastructure that makes a new school in north Normal impossible, etc. Of course, it may be nice to have these skills on his resume when the town finally wises up to his tax and spend management philosophy that benefits few. "

" Mark Peterson is a fine city manager when it comes to publicity stunts. This little ditty proves he does know how to grab a cheap headline. However at least he puts forth the effort. In the case of Tom Hamilton the only headline he is going to grab is when he pitifully comes before the city council each month to deliver the dismal financical report for the coliseum. Hamilton would not dirty his hands for someone he knows, much less perfect strangers in an effort to appear to be a caring person. "