by: Diane Benjamin I hear the local League is going to pretend they are behind the Ward change in Bloomington that will be on the March ballot. Evidently, Fazzini, Renner, Fruin, and Black are concerned it looks bad for sitting Council members to be working to change the Council they sit on. A little late […]
by: Diane Benjamin On Saturday Steve Vogel had an editorial in the Pantagraph with his predictions for 2014. Way at the bottom was this: Last month’s dust-up between Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner and Alderman Judy Stearns will be repeated this year – maybe even this month. Steve, Steve, a dust-up? It wasn’t a dust-up! Ms. […]
by: Diane Benjamin Think back to when it was announced that City Attorney Todd Greenburg was leaving. What was the public told? The talking points were he wrote a letter to City Manager David Hales that affected their relationship, so they could no longer work together. On December 30 Greenburg spoke to and was questioned […]
Buzzing around I heard John Parrott, McLean County GOP chairman, is going to retire very soon. He has served as chair for at least 10 years, so he thinks the time is right for a change. Self imposed term limits – what a novel idea!
by: Diane Benjamin Elected officials really hate to hear from THE PEOPLE. It makes them very nervous to be watched because they don’t believe they work for the us. They run for office with an agenda – to show everybody how smart they are and create a legacy. When did people start electing elitists to […]
by: Diane Benjamin Evidently the local press lacks curiosity. Maybe they aren’t allowed to do investigative reporting. Maybe reporters can’t investigate the local “insiders”. Maybe they can’t investigate their advertisers. Maybe Illinois wouldn’t be so corrupt if REAL media existed. Below are some questions I’d be asking: How about some investigation of the unemployment […]
“This kind of work requires time, tenacity and resources.” Jim Dey | Champaign News-Gazette November 2, 2013 Thanks to your support and aggressive citizen action, Illinois has a future. Here are some highlights: LAWSUIT FORCED OPEN ILLINOIS STATE CHECKBOOK: Republican Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka falsely claimed that production of state checkbook was an undue burden, and […]
Source: http://www.aim.org/guest-column/obama-dooms-seniors-to-ravages-of-aging/?utm_source=co2hog&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccuracyInMedia+%28Accuracy+In+Media%29 Betsy McCaughey — January 2, 2014 On Oct. 1, 2012 the Obama administration started awarding bonus points to hospitals that spend the least on elderly patients. It will result in fewer knee replacements, hip replacements, angioplasty, bypass surgery and cataract operations. These are the five procedures that have transformed aging for older […]
Where is the recovery we are supposedly in? Maybe somebody is lying! Food stamp use should be down by now. Recoveries NEVER take 5 years, and obviously we still aren’t recovered.
Word is out the Bloomington City Council is considering a big raise of City Manager David Hales. The Mayor thinks he should be compared to corporate CEO’s. I think he should be compared to Gov Quinn – you know the guy in charge of Illinois. Guess how much Quinn makes? http://accountability.illinois.gov/Employees/Employee/EmployeeDetails.aspx?Year=2013&Agency=0&ID=8ad855bc-8072-e311-bd9f-0019bb3ad8e6 Division Title YTD Gross […]
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