Pork rinds over sheepskins

Quad City Images at his self titled blog has been a long time supporter of the WIU riverfront project, even though he's on the other side of the river, and he's also glad to hear that the Triumph plant is coming to town.

But he correctly wonders why millions for Triumph was conjured with the snap of a finger, while WIU languishes in limbo for lack of state funding commitments.

Come on, Illinois can find 16 million dollars within a couple months for a hog plant, but can't find $14 million for the first phase of a COLLEGE CAMPUS?? For crying out loud, for less than the price of the Chicago bean we could have a riverfront WIU campus. Sometimes I just don't understand the Land of Lincoln.

That's because the politicians don't WANT you to understand. It's none of our business, and don't forget it.

A related bit of news reports that the WIU board approved the project to absolutely no one's surprise. Now if they had rejected it, THAT would have been news.

And of course, despite granting WIU $2.4 million for planning and design, the state can't seem to find the money just yet to actually build the thing.

Go check out QCI's post here and take a look around while you're there.