Go And Vote Tomorrow

Message for the day:

Go vote tomorrow!

Bring your photo ID.
(There are exemptions, if needed).

Vote For Someone New
If The Incumbent
Isn't Treating You Right.

Search For Stacy Peterson Continues As Email Shows Troubled Marriage

Stacy Peterson
is missing

Searchers in Bolingbrook continue their quest to find missing Stacy Peterson as police continue their investigation into her disappearance. Last week, police searched Stacy Peterson's home for clues.

Stacy Peterson's husband, Drew Peterson, is a Bolingbrook police sergeant, creating huge interest in the case both locally and nationwide. Drew Peterson has said that his wife left voluntarily, according to news reports.

No suspects have been named in the Stacy Peterson missing person case.

As police continue their search for clues, a recent email sent by Stacy Peterson detailing trouble in her marriage was obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

On Oct. 17, she e-mailed a family friend, expressing concern over her deteriorating relationship with her husband. The e-mail was provided by the friend, Steve Cesare, to the Naperville Sun.

"i have been arguing quite a bit w/my husband," Stacy Peterson wrote.

"as i mature with age i am finding that the relationship i am in is controlling, manipulative and some what abusive," she wrote in the e-mail dated Oct. 17. ". . . tomorrow is our 4 year anniversary and I am not as excited as the years that have past.

". . . if you could keep me in your prayers i could use some wisdom, protection, and strength."

Video: Plea For Help In Missing Stacy Peterson Case

Video: Friends and Family Search For Stacy Peterson

On the Web: Google Earth Community: Stacy Peterson Missing Person Case

Indiana Bloggers Break Down Political Barriers

Maybe all of the partisan political differences people hold will one day end when people stop seeing each other as functions of their politics and start seeing each other as human beings.

Sounds like an ultra-idealistic thought, doesn't it?

But, that just might be happening if what is being observed in the Indiana blogosphere continues: Members of a right and left wing blog got together to learn more about the other side without fighting or calling each other names.

Here's what Bil Browning wrote about the meeting:

I recently attended a viewing of Inlaws & Outlaws with Ryan McCann, Public Policy Director for the Indiana Family Institute. Ryan challenged me to attend Love Won Out, the ex-gay conference, with him this weekend and I accepted as long as he went to the movie with me. We sat down the next day for lunch to chat. ...

(N)ow Ryan has a gay friend (although, of course, he claims others!).

Writes Ryan McCann on his blog:

The pleasant surprise was Bil Browning. We don’t agree on much of anything and he says and promotes some things on his blog www.bilerico.com that I find unconscionable, to put it mildly.

However, Bil was kind and treated me with respect. I was able to carry on a conversation with him without being shouted down or called names (which I have found unfortunately rare among gay activists).

We were able to talk as men and I respect him for that. I attempted to see things from his perspective and I believe he tried to see things from my perspective as well.

While no one is likely to be converted from his or her viewpoint, it is refreshing to see two side of a socio-political debate take time away from the slash-and-burn politics of demonization and domination that seems to get all of the attention from the media these days.

It's refreshing in these days when politics seems to require that the victor completely destroy his or her "enemies," instead of working out sensible compromises and agreeing on common points in an effort to settle differences.

When people start seeing each other as fellow human beings, we'll come up with solutions to the problems that face society, instead of playing the blame game and finding scape goats.

Sometimes all that is needed to find resolution is to turn down the political noise machine a notch or two so that people from opposing sides can take a minute or two to listen to what each side is saying.

Things might not be resolved perfectly in such a civil system, but it has to be better than the yelling and screaming that passes for political discourse these days.

What If Northwest Indiana Was Part Of Chicago?

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ABC 7 Chicago's new anchor Ron Magers and WLS AM's Roe Conn discussed the concept of extending Chicago's city limits eastward to encompass Northwest Indiana as well as New Buffalo, Michigan the other day.

It's a very seductive concept.

At first thought, I'd go for the concept of merging Northwest Indiana with Chicago to create a whole new city-state of "Chicago, Chicago," as was mentioned on the radio show.

Who in Northwest Indiana wouldn't?

Northwest Indiana and Southeast Michigan are more closely aligned with Chicago than other parts of their home states. We get our television and entertainment from Chicago, rather than Indianapolis. Reading the happenings in Indianapolis on BlogNetNews.com's Indiana blog round up, I am always struck by how all of the downstate news seems to far away and somewhat foreign.

I know Mitch Daniels is my governor and he does a great job reaching out to Lake County, but I always seem to hear more about Illinois' Rod Blagojevich. (Maybe it is a function of seeing all of the Rod Blagojevich, Governor signs on the IPASS equipment driving on the Tri-State Expressway).

I know more about what's happening in Illinois' statehouse than what transpires in Indianapolis. It's the nature of getting most of our news from Chicago. It's also a function of our legislature not working full-time fighting with each other like they do in Springfield.

The pull of Chicago could be seen last year when the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears faced off. Northwest Indiana could be counted on to support the Bears, while places a little further south went for the Colts.

The economic powerhouse that is the Alpha city of Chicago is something that cannot be ignored. I suppose if Chicago was to woo Northwest Indiana, the attraction would probably be too much and we'd give into the temptation.

As much fun as it is to dream about Northwest Indiana being annexed by the Windy City, I'm sure Northwest Indiana's residents wouldn't want to feel the tax pain those in Cook County are feeling now with all of the talk about CTA Doomsday and tax increases on anything and everything from bottled water to real property.

Maybe we're okay just as we are in Northwest Indiana just as we are. We get all of the benefits of Chicago -- it's just a short drive or train ride away -- without all of the hassles of paying all of those Cook County and Illinois taxes.

God's Rays & Other Wonders

Crepuscular Rays,
or the more romantically named "God's Rays,"
shine over Northwest Indiana skies.

The Centier Tower rises in Merrillville!

The Majestic Star lights
the night in Buffington Harbor.

Police Search Officer's Home After Wife Goes Missing

Police in Bolingbrook, Illinois searched the home of a police sergeant whose wife disappeared without a trace Sunday, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Authorities on Thursday afternoon were searching the home of a Bolingbrook police sergeant whose wife has been missing since Sunday.

At around 3 p.m., investigators arrived at the home of Drew Peterson, 53, on Pheasant Chase Court, armed with a search warrant that was obtained on Wednesday, said Charles Pelkie, spokesman for the Will County state's attorney's office. Peterson's wife, Stacy, 23, has not been seen since Sunday morning.

The Chicago Tribune also reports that Stacy Peterson's last call was to say she was leaving Drew Peterson. The Bolingbrook police sergeant says that Stacy Peterson is safe.

"I believe she's with someone else, but I believe she's safe."

Stacy Peterson's family says she wouldn't have left without taking her children.

Drew Peterson told the Chicago Sun-Times:

Drew Peterson believes his missing wife left voluntarily -- even taking extra clothes with her -- and isn't a victim of foul play, the Bolingbrook police sergeant said Wednesday, breaking his silence on the puzzling disappearance of Stacy Peterson.

"I believe she's not missing. She's where she wants to be," he said. "I have no reason to suspect foul play."

Reginald Potts Arrested Again In Case Unrelated To Nailah Franklin

Nailah Franklin, foreground,
Reginald Potts, inset.

Reginald Potts was arrested for violating a court order of protection, reports the Daily Southtown. Police report that Reginald Potts resisted arrest while being taken into custody.

Reginald Potts has not been named by police as a suspect in the Nailah Franklin case.

Reports the Sun Times News Group:

Reginald Potts - who dated slain pharmaceutical representative Nailah Franklin and whose name has been linked to the investigation of her murder - was arrested Tuesday on unrelated charges.

Maywood police arrested Potts, 30, for violating an order of protection obtained by another woman. While being taken into custody at the Maywood courthouse, Potts resisted and struck a sheriff's deputy with his elbow, officials said.

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