By: Diane Benjamin Follow-up to this story: https://blnnews.com/2019/08/05/more-from-the-normal-foia-dead-trees/ I found the original problem with new trees dying in Normal only because of a FOIA request for other information. The pic of a newly planted tree in the previous story proved no dirt has been put on top of the root ball. This story included to […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Freedom of Information Act was created to insure citizens can obtain information about the government THEY pay for. All documents belong to citizens, not government. There are a few exemptions to what can be withheld, but every FOIA request starts with the assumption documents are available to anybody who asks for […]
By: Diane Benjamin Continuing this story: https://blnnews.com/2019/08/21/the-carrillo-crabill-circus-continues/ If you aren’t on Facebook you probably don’t know how it works. People can comment on what you post, share it, or click to “like” – “love” – “laugh” etc. Jenn didn’t get a ton of comments, but one is from a former candidate for office who is […]
By: Diane Benjamin The location is 305 Pine in Normal – the former Sprague’s Service Station. It is supposedly historic and a Route 66 attraction. The Town of Normal: paid off Terri Ryburn’s mortgage – $229,000 gave Ryburn $5000 bought the lot next door for $24,000 paid $148,000 to replace the parking lot paid property […]
By: Diane Benjamin Dan Brady is part of this story because he needs to fix this! I was contacted by a former IDOT employee about the abuse he continues to receive from one particular IDOT employee. I talked to him a year or two ago and assumed the issues had been fixed. They weren’t. This […]
By: Diane Benjamin Jenn Carrillo makes up history and twists facts to fit her own agenda: she wants democratic socialism. She will tell you that democratic socialism is much different from just plain old socialism, but it isn’t. Anybody who thinks government is capable of running your life better than you skipped civics and history. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Public comment: Most of the speakers were there to talk about video gambling. A big fear of the local business owners is the State of Illinois raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Even though democrats think business owners have stashes of cash in the back room, they don’t. Many of […]
