Documents Tagged ‘PCM’


The Town That Reformed

Archive Entry Date: 10/1/1955

Reform meant a new, professionalized city management, but did not go uncontested

Peoria Mayor Vows to Push Fight On Vice

Archive Entry Date: 5/22/1954

Peoria's new reform-oriented mayor was undaunted by the bombing of his home

All-America Cities

Archive Entry Date: 2/9/1954

“Good Government” comes to Peoria

Eleven “All-America” Cities of 1953

Archive Entry Date: 2/1954

Reformed Peoria, an "All-America" City

Which Side Are You On?

Archive Entry Date: 1951-1952

Peoria's reformers imagined they were pitted against bossism and corruption