Amazon is going to open a Fulfillment Center in North Pekin in 2022. Possibly 250-500 jobs, with pay estimated at $15 per hour. I try not to watch news much, as no one tells the truth anymore. But this story is good economic news for the region.
Everyone here should enjoy this kind of news, whether you're a far Left Democratic Socialist, or still a far Right Republican supporter of President Trump. I'm neither one, I hate politics.
By the way, I just joined this forum. I've been reading some of the different categories, and threads. Some of them actually disgust me, because many of the posters are acting very childish. I would send my kids to their room if they talked to me that way!!
That is all for now, have a good day tomorrow, stay refreshed and cool!
Good Economic News
Welcome to We Are Peoria forum @A US Citizen . Yes, the Amazon site is great news for the economy, hopefully they build appropriate infrastructure around it for all the increased ground traffic it will undoubtedly bring to the roads around Pekin.
I apologize for some of our members, they can be childish at times. The site owner has chosen to allow unmoderated commentary (see further comments below) in the political category, which includes Local Area Politics and State and National Politics as an alternative to another local forum which heavily moderates it's users to the point of suppressing political discourse. Politics seems to bring out the worst in people today though, and the anonymity of the internet makes it worse. I suggest if you find it too much to either ignore the individual posters that bother you, or just collapse the Local and National Politics group so it doesn't populate your screen.
From time to time these posters do make valuable contributions in the other categories though so just know if you ignore them you will miss those comments as well. The other areas of the site ARE moderated as I find time, so if you see content that you feel is inappropriate or violates the forum rules, please flag it and I will eventually see it. I confess I don't have time to check the board multiple times daily, some days I don't have time to check at all. But I do look at every post that is flagged.
Again, welcome to the site and PLEASE REFER FRIENDS. We could use some new ideas and comments on here.
WAPJoe
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PS the little thumbs up/down, heart face, etc emoji's do work. Ignore the AJAX warning. Your chosen reaction will appear on the comment as it always has. If you want to be sure, just refresh your screen and you should see it there. Not sure why this happens, I'm not the brains behind the site that is someone else.
I apologize for some of our members, they can be childish at times. The site owner has chosen to allow unmoderated commentary (see further comments below) in the political category, which includes Local Area Politics and State and National Politics as an alternative to another local forum which heavily moderates it's users to the point of suppressing political discourse. Politics seems to bring out the worst in people today though, and the anonymity of the internet makes it worse. I suggest if you find it too much to either ignore the individual posters that bother you, or just collapse the Local and National Politics group so it doesn't populate your screen.
From time to time these posters do make valuable contributions in the other categories though so just know if you ignore them you will miss those comments as well. The other areas of the site ARE moderated as I find time, so if you see content that you feel is inappropriate or violates the forum rules, please flag it and I will eventually see it. I confess I don't have time to check the board multiple times daily, some days I don't have time to check at all. But I do look at every post that is flagged.
Again, welcome to the site and PLEASE REFER FRIENDS. We could use some new ideas and comments on here.
WAPJoe
Moderator
PS the little thumbs up/down, heart face, etc emoji's do work. Ignore the AJAX warning. Your chosen reaction will appear on the comment as it always has. If you want to be sure, just refresh your screen and you should see it there. Not sure why this happens, I'm not the brains behind the site that is someone else.
This is great news for the local area. We’ve lost so many retail stores in the last year or two. Curious as to why they chose Pekin instead of Peoria, though. Any insights?A US Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:04 am Amazon is going to open a Fulfillment Center in North Pekin in 2022. Possibly 250-500 jobs, with pay estimated at $15 per hour. I try not to watch news much, as no one tells the truth anymore. But this story is good economic news for the region.
Also…welcome to We Are Peoria! Looking forward to hearing more from you.
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I should have clarified that I try not to watch national and world news. Local news outlets do a good job reporting what's going on without the political bias we see on MSM, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, OAN, and Blaze.
A US Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:04 am Everyone here should enjoy this kind of news, whether you're a far Left Democratic Socialist, or still a far Right Republican supporter of President Trump.
A US Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:04 am That is all for now, have a good day tomorrow, stay refreshed and cool!
It must be a coincidence, but there was a regular user of this forum who recently stopped posting that made dozens of posts with this exact type of writing style and phraseology.A US Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:26 am I should have clarified that I try not to watch national and world news. Local news outlets do a good job reporting what's going on without the political bias we see on MSM, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, OAN, and Blaze.
Good grief.....Tazewell wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:46 amA US Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:04 am Everyone here should enjoy this kind of news, whether you're a far Left Democratic Socialist, or still a far Right Republican supporter of President Trump.A US Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:04 am That is all for now, have a good day tomorrow, stay refreshed and cool!It must be a coincidence, but there was a regular user of this forum who recently stopped posting that made dozens of posts with this exact type of writing style and phraseology.A US Citizen wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:26 am I should have clarified that I try not to watch national and world news. Local news outlets do a good job reporting what's going on without the political bias we see on MSM, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, OAN, and Blaze.
@Tazewell @AV8R Stop beating a dead horse. WAPJoe
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Good grief is right, no freakin clue what that's all about. I just stumbled onto this site a few days ago. I gotta share this with my significant other for the laugh of the day.
And what's with all this tracker stuff? Is this Tazewell one of the moderators?
Focus, People of WAP, focus on the Amazon story here, will you?
And what's with all this tracker stuff? Is this Tazewell one of the moderators?
Focus, People of WAP, focus on the Amazon story here, will you?
Just curious - you say that you don't moderate politicalWAPJoe wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:32 am Welcome to We Are Peoria forum @A US Citizen . Yes, the Amazon site is great news for the economy, hopefully they build appropriate infrastructure around it for all the increased ground traffic it will undoubtedly bring to the roads around Pekin.
I apologize for some of our members, they can be childish at times. The site owner has chosen to allow unmoderated commentary (see further comments below) in the political category, which includes Local Area Politics and State and National Politics as an alternative to another local forum which heavily moderates it's users to the point of suppressing political discourse. Politics seems to bring out the worst in people today though, and the anonymity of the internet makes it worse. I suggest if you find it too much to either ignore the individual posters that bother you, or just collapse the Local and National Politics group so it doesn't populate your screen.
From time to time these posters do make valuable contributions in the other categories though so just know if you ignore them you will miss those comments as well. The other areas of the site ARE moderated as I find time, so if you see content that you feel is inappropriate or violates the forum rules, please flag it and I will eventually see it. I confess I don't have time to check the board multiple times daily, some days I don't have time to check at all. But I do look at every post that is flagged.
Again, welcome to the site and PLEASE REFER FRIENDS. We could use some new ideas and comments on here.
WAPJoe
Moderator
PS the little thumbs up/down, heart face, etc emoji's do work. Ignore the AJAX warning. Your chosen reaction will appear on the comment as it always has. If you want to be sure, just refresh your screen and you should see it there. Not sure why this happens, I'm not the brains behind the site that is someone else.
so why do you delete postings. Someone on here complains of a post not being on topic and you delete it but their "buddy" does the same thing and it is not deleted. Please explain.
@Tazewell @AV8R Stop beating a dead horse. WAPJoe