Proposed Museum Still Without A Name

As reported in today's Peoria Journal Star by Angela Green, the proposed regional museum to be built on the former Sears block remains without of name, despite hundreds, maybe thousands of votes. Public voting on a name ended Wednesday, September 13th, in which the 4 choices to choose from were incredibly bad. The voting process supplied even more sarcastic name ideas:

Those choices spurred the public to submit more than 150 alternatives, names that ranged from the "Not Sears Museum" to "Pelican Flyaway," "Lincolnland Learning Center," "People's Palace" and "Kaleidoscope," said Kathleen Woith, vice president of communications for Lakeview, one of the partners in the proposed $65 million regional riverfront museum.

Whether they loved them or hated them, the public's passionate response to the original names was "very gratifying," she said.

Common Sense of it All: Good grief! This goes to show you that, along with the lack of donation of funds, not many people care about the construction of this museum. Kathleen Woith goes on about the "public's passionate response" about whether they loved the names or hated them. I'm guessing about 95% of the public hated them.