By: Diane Benjamin
The lawyer for the City of Bloomington was a little late, so those of us present had time to talk. The court reporter told an interesting story:
He parked downtown and forgot to hang his disabled placard in the window. He received a ticket. He headed to City Hall to dispute it, the guy who issued the ticket was there.
The City employee said he saw the placard on the seat, but it wasn’t in the window. The court reporter had to go to court – the ticket was dropped.
Once again, the letter of the law applies to citizens – government not so much. By the way, the guy looked fine until he got up to walk. He was very deserving of the placard. City employees evidently like to waste court time.
Anyway, the City lawyer did finally show. He intends to file a motion claiming that CIAM/BMI Concession is not performing a government function – therefore the case should be dismissed.
I’m not going to show my hand here. We will be filing things in December with a hearing date in January.
What are they hiding or who is being protected? Eventually you should know.
You can stop laughing now.
I’m not laughing because I don’t see this as a laughing matter. What exactly does constitute a “government function” in the eyes of a Bloomington City attorney and when do we and don’t we as tax paying citizens have a right to know how our money is being (mis)handled? We all know there’s a cover up here.
They have to file by December 15th. I will know then.
BCPA and the McLean County Court House seem to be essential government functions. If it is downtown, it must be a government function.
Just in case the judge rules against me, since the Coliseum isn’t a government function – it should be dumped.
Does the lawyer mean CIAM/BMI (the management) is not part of the city government function? Management of a government facility does not provide a government function?With that logic, subsidy to the BCPA and the McLean County Court House should be dumped too and well as the Downtown Bloomington Association.
so much corruption going on every place under this administration !!!