By: Diane Benjamin Evidently Tari is running for reelection and is already raising money. He must think more people love how he spends your money than don’t. This one was sent to me. Tari: My RSVP is NO! You’re invited to a Renner for Mayor Fundraiser Please join Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner after work for […]
I wrote this article 10/1/2014. Now Renner wants you to buy the property again. Bailout for friends of government?
By: Diane Benjamin Today the Not In Our Town gang visited Checker Cab because of a sign owner Aaron Halliday had on his property. A protest was held outside his business over a joke. Question: Did you picket City Hall when Tari Renner violated the Not In Our Town pledge he signed?
By: Diane Benjamin The Bill of Rights was added after the Constitution was ratified. Many States would not have signed the Constitution if the first 10 amendments were not promised. The Rights of individuals took presidence over the rights of government. Amendment 1 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Renner had a motion ready via Alderman Schmidt to move Public Comment to after the presentation last night by Giebelhausen. Mayor Transparency: Information should have been posted before the meeting so citizens could review it. Instead YOU chose to shut down citizens by presenting information without allowing citizens time to process it. Can we expect […]
Fruin showed up – vote was 8-1 to spend staff time and around $25,000 on consultants so the issue can be examined. An answer has to be reached in 4-5 weeks. NOBODY asked why the building owners haven’t been held accountable for the condition or how much they and the developer will make off taxpayers. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Tonight the Bloomington City Council will hear from a developer who wants to acquire buildings downtown, tear them down, and then sell the blank canvas to the City. The price will be revealed tonight. Assume it’s high or it would have been made public before tonight. The agenda still says “possible vote”, […]
By: Diane Benjamin It is no accident that a special meeting was called for the City of Bloomington days after the new Council member took the oath of office and the others were sworn in. Renner has been possessed with downtown since being elected. The new Alderman has a problem though. Amelia Buragas’s father, David Dorris, is a property owner downtown. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Thanks for adding your Renner connection to your weekly diatribe, its refreshing to see some modicum of ethics reflected. For those who no longer read the bird-cage liner, Vogel’s column this week is on the departure of Stearns from the Bloomington City Council and the interaction between her and Renner. Steve claims […]
By: Diane Benjamin Today the Pantagraph finally (sort of) reported news. The Mary Ann Ford story was about both Bloomington and Normal losing invested money. It’s nice to know the Pantagraph is right on top of the news! I reported the same story April 10th: http://blnnews.com/2015/04/10/bloomington-and-normal-lost-your-money/ For the calendar challenged, that’s close to a month […]
See this post from earlier today: http://blnnews.com/2015/05/01/renners-email-campaign/ First email ——– Original message ——– From: Tari Renner <rennerformayor@gmail.com> Date: 05/01/2015 4:03 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Subject: Election Day TODAY! Good morning all- You may have heard the exciting news about a developer who is interested in making a major investment into Downtown Bloomington! In fact, the City […]
By: Diane Benjamin Democracy in action! Renner wants a hotel downtown and he wants it now! The future of Bloomington is downtown – how many times does he have to say it before taxpayers understand he will bury you in debt to get it. A hotel is his agenda and he has a stacked council salivating at his […]
By: Diane Benjamin Why should Bloomington and Normal not merge into one city? Since Normal already has offices nicer than most corporations, Uptown would be the new center of government. Citizens could save a ton of money on overhead and administration salaries. Koos is already running Bloomington anyway, so let the savings begin. A hotel downtown didn’t wait for a […]
