By: Diane Benjamin Executive Orders are not law. We don’t live in a dictatorship, the only power government has is what you let them get by with! The Illinois shutdown has morphed from “bending the curve” to tyranny. The Edgar County Watchdogs have been leading since March by simply reading the law. The State and […]
By: Diane Benjamin Regardless of what the local mayor’s claim, Governor Pritzker’s Executive orders expired 30 days after he wrote them. That was well over a month ago. Since the media allows JB to continue acting like anything he says is valid, that speaks volumes about their ability to be called a “free press”. Our […]
Kirk is one of the founders of the Edgar County Watchdogs. He did a radio interview with a Springfield station. It starts with some history of how ECW got started. Then Kirk spells out the law many businesses in southern Illinois are using to re-open. The same rules apply to McLean County. If you want […]
Many of you have asked why crimes by government officials aren’t prosecuted. Reason: Government refuses to prosecute them. Kirk Allen provides plenty of examples. Reprinted from Kirk Allen – Edgar County Watchdogs https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/03/the-crumbling-backbone-of-our-government-public-trust/?fbclid=IwAR1LjBV8qT1pbcn2kwa_JyRHUqBjFYqgXAA9klii5hJqGoRL_2zORPyRNKE Public Trust – (ECWd) – Part of our Constitutional Rights is due process. That due process is the foundation of protecting our rights […]
By: Diane Benjamin Since Tari Renner thinks “bloggers” lie and their findings should therefore be ignored, this story is for him. The rest of you sick of elected/appointed officials who scam the system will enjoy it too. The criminal conduct found by the Edgar County Watchdogs was reported by a local CBS affiliate. Both John […]
By: Diane Benjamin Kirk Allen of Edgar County Watchdogs was back before the Bloomington City Council again. We will find out what happened to Officer Squires before he resigned. Kirk spelled out in his comment why the citizens need to know what happened. Squires was suspended before he resigned. Kirk read the applicable emails we […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you listened to Tari Renner’s WJBC interview yesterday, you heard him mention “real journalists” not following up on what bloggers report. WMDB TV was at the council meeting when both Kirk Allen and I spoke. Yesterday: https://blnnews.com/2019/10/16/tari-on-wjbc-3/ See these redacted emails received by FOIA. What is Nora telling the POLICE CHIEF concerning […]
By: Diane Benjamin I received a lot of information from a FOIA filed with the City of Bloomington. Almost everything is redacted including discussion of Holiday Decorations for downtown. That must be a state secret! This is what you get when you pay a law firm in Springfield almost $60,000 every month! (pre Tari the […]
By: Diane Benjamin My greatest hope is that someday people in the media realize when Tari’s lips are moving most likely he is lying. Scott Miller is the latest to let him spew his own set of facts without challenge. This morning Tari was on WJBC with him: http://www.wjbc.com/podcasts/ (Go to the bottom of the […]
By: Diane Benjamin You can watch Public Comment on the City website, but I filmed Kirk’s comments from a different perspective. Kirk spoke to Council several years ago and his comments were mysteriously cut – just him – the video worked fine for all the other people. That was one reason I filmed him. Another […]
By: Diane Benjamin I drove by the Creativity Center on my way to the Bloomington Council meeting last night. The signs on the north side of the building are no longer there! City Manager Tim Gleason has not responded to my email. Evidently removing the signs is his response: https://blnnews.com/2019/09/19/remember-the-signs-at-the-creativity-center/ If you watch City […]
Link to WEEK TV story: https://week.com/news/bloomington-normal-news/2019/06/24/black-chamber-of-commerce-member-addressed-bloomington-mayors-racial-comments-at-council-meeting/ By: Diane Benjamin Public Comment during the Bloomington City Council meeting featured two speakers from outside of Bloomington who felt they had to travel area to confront the mayor. The first guy was Cornel Darden representing the South Suburban Region Black Chamber of Commerce. Hear his comments at […]
Update is at the end. By: Diane Benjamin Thursday night I road tripped with the Edgar County Watchdogs (John Kraft and Kirk Allen) to Stark County. We attended a “Special” County Board meeting which occurred because the meeting on Tuesday was adjourned after the citizens who showed couldn’t all fit in the room. The chairperson […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you missed the Edgar County Watchdog Citizen Training in Bloomington – you have another chance this Saturday: Date and Time Sat, January 21, 2017 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location Hilton Garden Inn Champaign/Urbana 1501 S. Neil Street Champaign, IL 61820 Click HERE to register! It will be the fastest 4 […]
By: Diane Benjamin When the Edgar County Watchdogs told the Bloomington Election Commission their meeting was illegal BEFORE the meeting started, they started the meeting anyway. Then, when Kirk Allen, John Kraft, and I interrupted the meeting because it was illegal – they called the police! Relive great moments in Bloomington history by watching the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Today the Edgar County Watchdogs, Kirk Allen and John Kraft, are receiving a NATIONAL honor. They will receive the award in Nashville at the SPN Annual Meeting: http://www.cvent.com/events/spn-24th-annual-meeting/event-summary-17582afac7254eb881abfc15f0efe30f.aspx SPN 24th Annual Meeting SPN’s Annual Meeting is the leading conference in the freedom movement aimed squarely at advancing state policy reforms essential to […]
By: Diane Benjamin This morning I had a long breakfast with the Edgar County Watchdogs, Kirk Allen and John Kraft. They call me when they are passing through town. For some reason they always pick places on the west side to eat, that gives me a chance to see how bad the roads are on […]
By: Diane Benjamin I want to compliment Alderman Buragus for her remarks regarding Public Comment. She wants consistency meeting to meeting, not sometimes the 15 minutes is extended and sometimes it’s not. Nice point. Just when you think the Council might be listening to citizens, somebody at the City EDITS the video from last night. […]
By: Diane Benjamin By now you should know who the Edgar County Watchdogs are. You may not know they also go by the name Illinois Leaks. Tips flow into them from all over the State. All it takes to end the corruption in Illinois is people with inside knowledge to speak up. They posted this story: In The […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is the video of Kirk Allen, John Kraft, and Judy Stearns speaking at the 5:30 meeting yesterday that was not live streamed. Kirk and John drove 2 hours to be in Bloomington to address the Council on the proposed changes to the Public Comment ordinance. Note, I intentionally filmed non-verbal reactions to the […]
by: Diane Benjamin The State of Illinois isn’t any more transparent than Bloomington. I worked with the Edgar County Watchdogs for close to a year to uncover the state’s activities with Medicaid payment processing. Many FOIA requests were returned to us with a “No matching documents” label. The State didn’t know that we have many […]
