By: Diane Benjamin I’m one of those people who thanks veterans and the police whenever I see them. I really appreciate the job they do for the people of this country. I have military and police in my family, their jobs aren’t easy. We all know veterans have made the ultimate sacrifice, but so have […]
Start watching around 12 minutes. Don’t miss Renner commenting on what I said AFTER stating earlier the Council doesn’t respond. (I don’t know why these videos make people sound like they have a lisp!) It’s only slightly more than 3 minutes.
By: Diane Benjamin Pretty much everybody understands that Sen Bill Brady wanted to funnel money through the City of Bloomington to benefit Central Catholic. We do live in Illinois after all. Citizens may be real conservatives, politicians not so much. It looks like Brady rolled up his play mat and went home after the Council […]
By: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington has been trying to minimize the power of the City Council. The 9 aldermen are elected by citizens to be their representative, but the seven potted plants on the Council continue to defer to David Hales instead of making common sense decisions for themselves. Frankly, I’m surprised there […]
Hello Mrs. Benjamin, Thank you for your email. More research is going to be done on the information you provided. The item has been moved off of the Council agenda tonight, until we have a chance to do the full research. Thank you again for the information. Officer Sara Mayer Public Affairs309-434-2355Bloomington Police Department ____________________________________________________________________________ By: Diane Benjamin I’m sure […]
By: Diane Benjamin See all bills and payroll here to be approved at tonight’s Council meeting: http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7660 LYNN MONTEI ASSOCIATES (The lady who ran the Council retreat) CHECK TOTAL 10,419.94 A new law firm: HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP CHECK TOTAL 43,613.62 Springfield Law firm – Jeff Jurgens CHECK TOTAL 54,686.98 (Note: The City does have […]
By: Diane Benjamin At the November 24th City Council meeting Renner obviously felt the $750,000 State of Illinois grant via Bill Brady belonged to him. He showed a complete reversal from the previous Council meeting when Aldermen were told it could only be spent on expanding McGraw Park. This comment from City staff was included […]
By: Diane Benjamin When the David Hales and Tari Renner put an item on the Bloomington City Council agenda, they now state why it’s a good thing. Here’s why new Liquor Licenses should be approved: STRATEGIC PLAN LINK: Goal 4. Grow the local economy. Motion: That a TAS liquor license for Around the Corner, Inc., […]
by: Diane Benjamin The 3 stooges (previously used to describe City leadership) isn’t enough people. Therefore the non-numerical term “Clowns” will now be used. “Lighting the Evergreen Tree in Withers Park” : It’s a CHRISTMAS TREE City of Bloomington! Okay, it’s really the Downtown Bloomington Association doing this, but they get most of their money from […]
by: Diane Benjamin Laws are only for us little people, not the guys sucking your tax money. In another episode of releasing Executive Session (Secret Meetings) minutes, this gem was obtaining under the Freedom of Information Act: h/t JS From October 10, 2011 The Executive Session was called to order at 5:02 p.m. Mayor Stockton cited […]
By: Diane Benjamin It should be clear by now that Bloomington doesn’t want taxpayers to know what they do. I didn’t file a lawsuit because Renner is transparent. The City didn’t hire a communications director to communicate, Nora is paid to filter and spin information. Now there is more proof – h/t JS. At the […]
By: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington owns 3 golf courses. They like to think that golf doesn’t cost taxpayers a dime, not counting repairs to the cart path at Prairie Vista. I remember it being around $250,000 at the last budget debate. Repairs and maintenance somehow get left out of the conversation. I wonder […]
By: Diane Benjamin The information below is posted on the City of Bloomington website at: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=21&parent=6548 The Coliseum is on a fiscal year – May 1 to April 30th of each year. This is the actual income reported for the second Quarter for each year and the year to date income. 2nd Quarter […]
Yes, calling DC does scare the GOP – especially when this information goes to MILLIONS of Americans. If you want to stop Obama’s executive order, call now! Call your Representative and Senators and tell them that any measure funding the government must cut off spending for President Obama’s amnesty. Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 You can […]
By: Diane Benjamin Christians are constantly attacked. Some are afraid to speak up anymore. It’s time to stop acting like a minority where forces want us mentioning God in churches only. I found this in a magazine. Gallup reported the same results in 2012. Funny how the same forces attacking Christians attack Jews. That […]
By: Diane Benjamin The statement in the video below has been bothering me since Fruin uttered it at November 10th City Council meeting. It only took one minute and 5 seconds for Fruin to spell out why the State of Illinois and the country are effectively bankrupt, please watch it before reading on: . First, […]
By: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington has posted the 2nd Quarter financial statement for the Coliseum as prepared by Central Illinois Arena Management (CIAM): http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7613 By the time the auditors get done correcting all the errors, the statements will look even worse, but they only do that once a year. Citizens are expected to […]
By: Diane Benjamin Obviously another lie, add it to the list. Over Thanksgiving the country hit $18 Trillion in debt – up over 70% under Obama. Just paying the interest is sucking money from the economy. Interest rates are now low, what happens when they increase? State and local governments can’t wait to grab Federal […]
By: Diane Benjamin Editorials written by un-named Pantagraph staff continue to be a source for giggles. Everything written in today’s could pertain to the City of Bloomington, but the writer fails to make the connection. Since critical thinking about local elected officials is foreign to their staff, they missed the obvious. Today the anonymous writer […]
$10,000,000 borrowed to fixed the Bloomington roads hasn’t been enough. MANY roads could shatter bones and bust tire alignment. But Bloomington has new plans: Individual_Projects How much did that cost? Evidently City employees can’t do the work. . . . Deferring maintenance again? Why not, it’s always more fun to do new stuff than fix […]
By: Diane Benjamin There has been a lot of talk about City elections, but nothing about School Boards. Why? Maybe you aren’t suppose to know! I couldn’t find anything on the Unit 5 or District 87 site, but I did find this: Unit 5 and Dist 87 now have Winter Break instead of Christmas Break. […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you contributed to Renner’s campaign for Mayor you are doing well! The unions got massive increases in pension funding – the Council was set up and fell for plans needing tax increases to succeed. More increases coming. At least one campaign contributor has art for sale in the Mayor’s office Rob […]
