Why did Carol Koos write a Letter to the Editor supporting Write-In guy? First Chris Koos write’s on the guys Facebook page: Chris Koos wrote on write-in’s timeline: Jamie. You’re on a hard path. I’m not supposed to cross borders, but this just makes sense. Good luck! Then Carol Koos writes a supporting letter! Congrats Bloomington! You […]
This article explains why the Chamber of Commerce isn’t looking out for you – they want government spending! The people they endorsed epitomize their goal. Don’t miss the 2nd story below. Pro-Business Does Not Mean Pro-Freedom or Pro-Market Representatives of the business community frequently are the worst enemies of freedom. They often seek special subsidies and handouts, […]
by Diane Benjamin Yesterday I posted a link showing how free each states is: http://blnnews.com/2013/03/28/freedom-in-the-50-states/ The Tax Foundation issued a report comparing the states. The full report is available: http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/ff2013.pdf North Dakota is the most free state, Illinois ranked 45th out of 50. Indiana is 16th, Indiana was chosen because of it’s proximity to Illinois. Tax […]
Pat Buchanan: Nation is sharply divided on serious issues of morality “Not until I went to the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease […]
Pension solution requires Truth In Accounting MARCH 15, 2013 | by Richard Lorenc | REBOOT ILLINOIS Reposted from Reboot Illinois. While waiting out a surprise snowstorm at the airport earlier this week, I caught a glimpse of a cable news show featuring a large headline that read, “585 days since we lost our AAA rating.” The rating downgrade, […]
http://freedominthe50states.org/ Scroll WAY down for Illinois Freedom isn’t lost because of the elected on the state level – it starts with the local crowd. Still going to sit out the April 9th election? We deserve what we vote, or don’t vote for! Rankings – Overall 1.North Dakota+4 2.South Dakota-1 3.Tennessee= 4.New Hampshire-2 5.Oklahoma-1 6.Idaho+11 7.Missouri-1 8.Virginia+1 […]
by: Diane Benjamin Sheriff Mike Emery recorded a commercial for Tari Renner. The Sheriff credits Renner’s time on the County Board with ending prisoner placement in other counties due to over crowding. I can only think of a few ways that could happen: Crime is down Arrests are down The arrested are released instead of […]
Total Value of Government Waste: $18,224,377,097 WASTE: New NASA visitor center built next door to old NASA visitor center – $12,400,000 WASTE: Circus classes – $20,000 WASTE: Television rerun study – $666,905 WASTE: Old-fashioned x-rays for prisoners – $1,300,000 WASTE: Taxpayer-funded online lawyer training – $500,000 WASTE: Missile Defense Agency’s research problems – $1,000,000,000 WASTE: Arcade-style floor mats for gym class – $90,750 WASTE: Department of Energy award for App that already exists – $100,000 WASTE: Taxpayer-funded house renovations lose […]
Update: All the articles posted here on Common Core are being scanned from sites across the country! Cities, School Districts, companies, and it looks like a lot of individuals. There are more stories on http://michellemalkin.com/ and http://www.theblaze.com/. People who care about capitalism and freedom are at war with our government – are you going to offer up your children […]
By Doug Powers • March 27, 2013 11:57 AM Joe Biden once laughingly (does Joe say anything that isn’t?) referred to former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood as the “conductor of the train to the future.” According to the CNN story below, the “train to the future” is a boondoggle — a slow boondoggle — so slow that it just got […]
How long will it take them to understand they are destroying themselves by enabling Marxists. Their reward? Food stamps and a free cell phone or two or three or four . . . Organizing for Action is staring down our first quarterly fundraising deadline — ever.After March 31st, we’ll have a record of the founding members who […]
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If teachers think they know best how to educate kids, why are they excepting mandates from State and Federal agencies who think they know better? Education in America continues to decline while spending has drastically increased! 80% of New York City High School graduates CAN’T read: http://nation.foxnews.com/nyc-graduates/2013/03/20/80-nyc-graduates-cant-read Much of Common Core was developed by the […]
As previously reported, the pensions for the City as seriously under-funded. City policies may be the biggest culprit! Employees are allowed to accumulate sick days and get paid for them when they retire. http://blnnews.com/2013/01/24/bloomington-employees-pensions/ Maybe the biggest rip off to the pension system is the salary spiking done by retiring employees. Their pension is based on […]
Chris Koos was one of the first mayors to sign up for “Mayors Against Illegal Guns”. The site has statements like this: Update: Comprehensive Study of Mass Shootings by Mayors Against Illegal Guns Feb 22, 2013 Using new data from the FBI, Mayors Against Illegal Guns updated its comprehensive study of mass shootings. The 25 percent increase in incidents — to […]
There is a clear choice for candidates running for both mayor and alderman in Bloomington. Most of the current council wants to redevelop downtown Bloomington. Some candidates have stated in interviews that downtown is the future of Bloomington. If the wrong people are elected, downtown Bloomington could become “Uptown”. 2 of the mayor candidates have […]
Michael Bloomberg thinks he knows what’s best for us. Last Sunday he said this: Sometimes government does know best. And in those cases, Americans should just cede their rights. Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-government-has-right-infringe-/#ixzz2Ofe004LX Bloomberg has billions of dollars and thinks it is his job to save the world with it, so he started “Mayors Against Illegal Guns”. If that […]
By Junius P. Long If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally …you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots. If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin […]
The McLean County Chamber of Commerce PAC has endorsed local candidates. They claim to support low taxes and fees, but their endorsement doesn’t support their claims. This is how they decide whether to endorse: Does the contest offer a clear choice between candidates who support the Chamber’s mission and values and those who do not? http://4mcleancounty.org/Political%20Action%20Committee/policies–criteria […]
BLNNews.com has many stories about Normal, Uptown, properties purchased and given away, crony capitalism, and the debt. The below links highlight why change is needed in Normal. The third link has a map of the TIF district. The southern part hasn’t been completed, so the spending, borrowing, and giving away properties will continue under Chris […]
It has become apparent that the report RNC Chair Reince Priebus commissioned several months ago to find out what went wrong in 2012 was not a “fact finding” mission at all, but rather a “finger pointing” mission. Atlanta Tea Party Co-Chairman Debbie Dooley states, “Allowing the persons responsible for the 2012 election “fiasco” to be […]
Closure List: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2013/images/03/22/fct_closed.pdf In Illinois, towers will close at Decatur Airport, St. Louis Regional Airport in Alton, Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal, Southern Illinois Airport at Carbondale/Murphysboro and Waukegan Regional Airport in Chicago/Waukegan. Read more: http://wqad.com/2013/03/22/79016/ This has NOTHING to do with sequestration! This does not mean the airport will close. Planes can takeoff […]
Common Core was throw out of Texas, but it was replaced by CScope – even worse! Public Schools no longer teach American Exceptionalism, even though much of the world has been pulled from extreme poverty by capitalism. Other countries are now more free than we are. Public Schools are now teaching 911 was our fault! Can […]
by: Diane Benjamin If you haven’t heard Sustainability over and over and over in Normal, you haven’t listened. Look at “Uptown”. Why are the shops on the ground level with apartments above? Why did the Council vote to complete a study for a grocery store? Why are shoppers mostly required to park in a garage and walk? […]
by: Diane Benjamin As reported in on March 17 in the Pantagraph, both Renner and Hanson want to add a bar owner to the liquor commission. Unless they violate the law, they CAN”T: (235 ILCS 5/3-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 102) No commissioner, inspector or other employee, may, directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a […]
by Diane Benjamin I really hate to do this, but I have to commend the Pantagraph for actually covering the issues with their “Council Questions” series. Everyday shows more insight into what the candidates believe and some of the answers given are truly scary is you believe in government Of the People, not I’m With […]
By Stanley Kurtz March 18, 2013 10:01 A.M. Last Friday’s headlines focused on President Obama’s address at Argonne National Laboratory, where he proposed to spend $2 billion on an energy-security trust fund for renewable fuel research. Obama boldly pledged “to shift our cars entirely . . . off oil.” How exactly is he planning to […]
This is a courageous man, Kirk Allen. Watchdogs received a call from Iroquois County that there was corruption going on in the County Board. Kirk went to work and he has made such an impact. Kirk is getting ready to go across the state and help train up “Watchdogs” for all counties to stop corruption […]
Did you know this will be on your ballot in April? Shall the LeRoy Community Fire Protection District, McLean and DeWitt Counties, Illinois, build and equip a new fire station, improve the site thereof and demolish an existing building and issue its bonds in the amount of $1,900,000 for the purpose of paying the costs […]
Do you know this will appear on your ballot in April? Shall the City of Chenoa impose a Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers’ Occupation Tax and Non-Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax (Commonly referred to as a “municipal sales tax”) at the rate of 0.75% for expenditure on municipal operations, public infrastructure, and property tax relief? […]
March 20, 2013 National Database of School Children Launched Last week the SXSWedu Technology Conference in Austin, Texas, featured a new project that has many educational technology companies very excited – and that has many parents angry and deeply concerned. The project is called inBloom – a massive national database of personal information on public school […]
The Pantagraph is running a series of questions with answers by City Council candidates. Has anybody noticed that McDade’s answers are ALWAYS platitudes with no substance? Example: 1) Our vibrant downtown is a gem and an economic driver in our community . . . council must better align priorities . . . staff should leverage […]
This Letter to the Editor was sent to the Pantagraph: Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:12 PM To: Pantagraph Letters Subject: Pantagraph Election Letter to the Editor Vote Lex Green! Lex is what Bloomington needs. Lex is focusing on lowering taxes with limiting our debt that our city seems to unwisely acquire. Lex wants to […]
Chicago and downstate pols having been fighting over state money ever since the Windy City rose from the swamps along Lake Michigan. So regional funding squabbles are nothing new in the Illinois General Assembly. But to hear House Speaker Mike Madigan talk, one might think a bunch of downstate yokels are chowing down on feast […]
2013 Report for Illinois Infrastructure by the American Society of Civil Engineers Any surprise Illinois scored a D+? Complete report: http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/a/#p/state-facts/illinois Notable: Driving on roads in need of repair costs Illinois motorists $2.4 billion a year in extra vehicle repairs and operating costs – $292 per motorist. 73% of Illinois’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition. Illinois has 201 high hazard dams […]
by: Diane Benjamin Scott Black stated again his desire to apply for more state and federal grants to help fund the Bloomington City budget. I’m sure he saw the value because of his time on the County Board. The County frequently applies for grants and is proud of their success. The problem? Receiving grants always […]
Previously reported – Chris Koos signed onto Mayors against Illegal Guns headed by Michael Bloomberg of New York City. Bloomberg is the guy who banned public smoking, soft drinks bigger that 16oz, and salt in restaurants. He wants to ban Styrofoam and ear-buds. Bloomberg also put millions into the Democratic primary in Illinois for Jesse Jackson Jr’s congressional seat […]
Questions asked of the candidates by UAW Local 2488: http://www.uaw2488.org/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=a88608cc-a91b-4274-b578-bfefa6a2145f 7. If elected, what do you see as the problems in the Mayor’s office and what improvements do you think you could bring? Green: The problem primarily is a lack of leadership in keeping the council and administration moving toward any kind of goal. It’s […]
