by: Diane Benjamin 7 people are running for 3 seats on the Heartland College Board of Trustees. In the past, the College has exhibited virtually ZERO transparency and they have no trouble spending County taxpayer money to create their vision. The projected enrollment of 8,000 by 2015 will not be reality, but the spending continues unabated. […]
MARCH 15, 2013 12:00 A.M. Common Core as Trojan Horse It’s time to opt out of the creepy federal data-mining racket.By Michelle Malkin Last week, I reported on the federal government’s massive new student-tracking database, which was created as part of the nationalized Common Core standards scheme. The bad news: GOP “leadership” continues to ignore or, […]
McDade admitted on radio she spent around $20,000 to get back on the ballot for City Council after she was kicked off for not filling out petitions properly. Now she is loaning her campaign $32,000! Contributed By Amt Received By Desc Vendor Name Vendor Add McDade, Jennifer 206 FleetwoodBloomington, IL 61701 $500.00 8/22/2008 Individual Contribution […]
A third Open Meetings Act violation is now being investigated by the Attorney General’s Office. The first 2 are being handled by the Chicago Office, this one is being handled by Springfield. I spoke to Matthew Sebek. Bloomington admitted guilt in emails, so they have no defense. He plans to issue a ruling before the April 9th election. […]
See the previous post for the Alderman part of the debate: http://blnnews.com/2013/03/15/main-street-association-debate-alderman/ Citizens can not make an informed decisions without attending at least one debate. Mannerisms and tone reveal much more than a printed recap. All 3 were present: John Hanson, Lex Green, and Tari Renner. Answers are presented below in the order asked. East Side Bypass […]
by: Diane Benjamin Since the press didn’t cover this event, I will recap the high points. Evidently the citizens of Bloomington are waiting for the Pantagraph to tell them who to vote for because a large part of the crowd were supporters of various candidates. Citizens of Bloomington evidently don’t care about crumbling roads and […]
Proof Obama wants America mad at the GOP for cutting his spending, even though it wasn’t real cuts – just a cut to how much spending increases in the future: 1) White House tours ended: http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-tours-end-today-112207290.html 2) Education for Active duty military ended: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/08/the-sequestration-cuts-education-benefits-for-active-duty-military-personnel.html 3) Border Patrol Agents cut: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/02/28/budget-cuts-to-hit-border-patrol-ranks-in-perfect-storm/ Are the American people stupid […]
The mainstream media is absolutely giddy that the U.S. unemployment rate has hit a “four-year low” of 7.7 percent. But is unemployment in the United States actually going down? After all, you would think that it should be. The Obama administration has “borrowed” more than 6 trillion dollars from future generations of Americans, interest rates […]
Note: Be sure to read the comments! Some of these people aren’t even Republicans while some of the Not invited vote Republican. Invitations to the March meeting of the local GOP went out this week. Since local election are April 9th, the meeting rightfully concentrates on the election. Speakers: Deb Skillrud, Republican nominee for the […]
When investments in the pension funds don’t perform at the level required for adequate funding, the taxpayers are forced to make up the difference. Is anybody making up for your 401K losses? This is 1 of 5 state pensions funds, all have dismal returns. Pensions reforms are being debated, but it is not likely the […]
by Diane Benjamin Most people have never heard of the McLean County Regional Planning Commission, but this board is the conduit from state and federal sources to implement an agenda. This takes control away from local government. Check their website: www.mcplan.org. Plans are listed for every level of government. Tari Renner is a member of […]
Illinois According to analysis by the Institute for Truth in Accounting, Illinois does not have enough assets available ($23.2 billion), to pay the state’s bills, ($182.3 billion). The difference, $159.2 billion, divided by the number of taxpayers in the state, is the per-taxpayer burden: $38,500 in 2011. Only six states–Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, and […]
From Obama’s PAC that he has nothing to do with! A couple percentage points less money is going to destroy the kids. Not as much as deficit spending $1 Trillion per year will, but they don’t care about that. Get ready for more Cloward and Piven strategy: The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 […]
Pastor Saeed was visiting family in Iran when he was detained. He is an American citizen. Jay Sekulow and his son Jordan ARE the good guys! This could be the most crucial week yet for Pastor Saeed. On Friday, I – along with ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow and Pastor Saeed’s wife, Naghmeh – will testify before the […]
Illinois politicians are not honest about the depth of the state’s pension crisis. They chronically understate the scale of the problem to taxpayers and state workers. According to the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, the state has mislead investors as well. Today the SEC announced it was charging Illinois with securities fraud. From a press release: […]
Whispers on the street: The Council votes on Eagle View Park and Managed Competition are being delayed so the members of the council up for election in April won’t have to vote YES before facing voters. All the compliant alderman who won’t stand up for the citizens paying the bills MUST be elected so the spending […]
Information on Common Core & CScope More reason to get your kids out of Public School! Here’s the Common Core standards website http://www.corestandards.org/ Rotten to the Core: Michelle Malkin Great explanation Stop Common Core – excellent Video series Map of States Rejecting Common Core Obama bribes states to adopt national education curriculum Bill introduced in GA […]
Are the citizens of Normal sick of the debt created by Mayor Koos and the current City Council? Do they realize millions of their tax dollars have been stolen to rebuild “Uptown”? Do citizens realize Mayor Koos isn’t done adding more debt since he is running for reelection? Do citizens realize they have NO […]
Hey – the Pantagraph liked one story so much they printed it on both A10 and A11! I bet subscribers were really happy to get the same 1/2 page story twice! Wonder what they left out – REAL NEWS? How many newspapers have to print a “Setting It Right” section in virtually every edition? Extremely impressive journalism! […]
Normally a write-in candidate is a joke. They obviously have no chance of winning. Media completely ignores them, nobody but their close friends talk about them. So what’s up with Bloomington? One local radio station, maybe the newspaper, and Chamber of Commerce PAC is endorsing a write-in candidate!?! Hum, makes me think they have an […]
CSCOPE: EXPOSING THE NATION’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM SYSTEM This is what Common Core will turn into. In February, Texas announced that the state, along with the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum (TESCCC,) would enact major changes to the controversial curriculum management system dubbed CSCOPE. The system received a litany of complaints from faculty […]
OpenTheBooks.com – Adam Andrzejewski – for the Good of Illinois List of direct Payments by the Federal Government – listed under Normal in 2012 These are only payments over $1500
OpenTheBooks.com – Adam Andrzejewski – for the Good of Illinois List of direct Payments by the Federal Government – listed under Bloomington in 2012 These are only payments over $1500, there are 300-400 more under $1500
OpenTheBooks.com – Adam Andrzejewski – for the Good of Illinois Amount received in 2012 IL – Spending – Grants ProgramSourceDescription Recipient City Name Recipient Name Dollars Obligated Higher Education Normal Illinois State University $2,134,130.00 Juvenile Justice Programs Normal Chestnut Health Systems $1,538,000.00 Training And Employment Services Normal Ybmc Inc. $1,100,000.00 Education And Human Resources Normal […]
OpenTheBooks.com – Adam Andrzejewski – for the Good of Illinois Amount received in 2012 Source: http://www.openthebooks.com/search/?F_fiscalyear=2012&F_RecipientCityName=Bloomington&F_RecipientName=&perpage=100 IL – Spending – Grants ProgramSourceDescription Recipient City Name Recipient Name Dollars Obligated Children And Families Services Programs Bloomington Heartland County Head Start; Inc $3,041,735.00 Formula And Bus Grants Bloomington B-Npts $1,042,400.00 Bloomington Chestnut Health Systems; Inc $840,977.00 Bloomington […]
Rep Adam Kinzinger was interviewed this morning on Cities 92.9. He parroted Boehner’s comments. What does the GOP stand for? Why should they keep control of the House when they won’t cut spending and de-fund ObamaCare? Why haven’t they demanded a budget in 4 years? Why did they re-elect Boehner as Speaker when he obviously isn’t standing […]
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 – Climatism: A Mad, Mad, Mad World by Steve Goreham CHICAGO, February 20, 2013—Climate change has again moved to center stage. Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama stated, “But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.” Two days later, Senators […]
Sent by BarackObama.com TODAY, long after thinking Americans know the sequester isn’t cuts, it’s only less of an increase. The Obama email list has to be kept on the reservation, so they send out more lies: Thanks to Republican obstructionism in Congress, the nation was forced into the sequester last Friday — a series of automatic […]
February 2013 Amity Shlaes Author, Coolidge WITH THE FEDERAL DEBT spiraling out of control, many Americans sense an urgent need to find a political leader who is able to say “no” to spending. Yet they fear that finding such a leader is impossible. Conservatives long for another Ronald Reagan. But is Reagan the right model? He […]
Does this make sense? Leslie Lebel is accused of stealing a little over $20,000 from the City of Bloomington. Her bail is set at slightly over $1,000,000. Jodi Rogers was arrested for theft from Illinois State University of around $5000. She was release after posting $525. Since 10% is required for release, this means her […]
This site requires support to continue. Click here to contribute: http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ by: Diane Benjamin Picking the right mayor and members of the city council can’t be made on who you like, who you know, or the guy with the best speech. First, you must determine what you think the role of government is. The mayor […]
This site will end without your support. Click here to contribute: http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ by Diane Benjamin Public schools are busy punishing small children as terrorists. Boys can’t play cops and robbers at recess because it might involve pointing a finger gun at another student. Children have been made into villains, in front of the classmates, for […]
This site will end without your support. Click here to contribute: http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ by Diane Benjamin Lie after lie after lie comes out of the President’s mouth, the media says nothing or very little. Today he did it again. Losing the sequester argument, Obama has to make his low information voters believe Republicans are responsible for the […]
FIRE – Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Each month, FIRE singles out a particularly reprehensible campus speech code for our Speech Code of the Month designation. While all of 2012’s Speech Codes of the Month flagrantly violated students’ and faculty members’ right to free expression, two of them were so egregious that they deserve special mention […]
This article is from the far left site: The Nation Financial Transactions Tax Introduced Again—Can It Pass This Time? Just like the Congress before this, and the one before that, the 113th Congress will have a financial transactions tax to consider—and its backers are confident that, this time, they can make it law. Thursday morning in the […]
