By: Diane Benjamin Some local media have reported on the grand jury testimony which laid out the case against the 5 former Coliseum Managers. The City of Bloomington continues to claim they did not know about improprieties at the Coliseum until VenuWorks took over in July of 2016. The local media continues to let them […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you missed Tari’s State of the City address last Monday you can see my recap and listen to it here: https://blnnews.com/2019/01/15/taris-state-of-the-city/ Recycling his talking points, Tari once again proclaimed the Illinois Policy Institute “continues” to give the City an A+ transparency score. Disregarding IPI discontinued the program in 2014, their transparency […]
By: Diane Benjamin People claiming to be victims of Justin Barr are in MANY counties. My website has been blowing up with reads. Too many people are reporting their sheriff or police refuse to take a complaint. Some State’s Attorneys think the cases should be civil. If you are not in McLean County and can’t […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’m hearing stories from all over central Illinois about people who have hired Justin Barr and feel ripped off. All the reports started when I published this story: https://blnnews.com/2019/01/12/lexington-guy-arrested-in-joliet-he-has-history-here/ If you are a victim and have NOT filed a police report, you need to now. If the police refuse to take the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Hit play below to hear Tari’s message. He spoke for around 15 minutes even though he started his speech with it would be shorter than usual. He credits cuts for balancing the budget – solid waste finally balances. (They finally transferred all costs to taxpayers meaning you pay more now) He claims […]
By: Diane Benjamin Clearly Emig is Tari’s pick for Ward 4, he’s holding an open house at his house for her. If you aren’t a left winger and want to attend, just show up. Responding on Facebook will get you blocked. Remember about a year ago when various Council people held “priority based budgeting” townhalls? […]
By: Diane Benjamin The League of Women Voters is holding an event tomorrow: See details here: http://www.lwvmclean.org/news-from-lwvmc/poverty-in-mclean-county-program-january-15th An ISU student is on the panel to reveal poverty as a college student! (No comment required) The purpose of this forum is to set up future events: Upcoming programs include: “Affordable Housing: How Do We Get […]
