By: Diane Benjamin
Two months in a row Renner bought former Alderman Rob Fazzini lunch: http://blnnews.com/2015/10/23/september-eating-at-your-expense/
For new readers, when Fazzini was an Alderman he created lots of news by saying things like “A gas tax doesn’t raise the price of gas”. http://blnnews.com/2014/01/27/culture-tales-bloomington-council-retreat/
Fazzini was also behind the failed attempts for Modified Wards and Paradigm (turn garbage into jet fuel).
What’s Rob doing now?
Start connecting the dots. Henson Disposal:
The Kirk brothers just happen to be the guys the City is buying the Main Street property from!
Fazzini just happens to be another Renner campaign contributor:
Refer back to Public Comment Monday night about TIF’s. California banned TIF Districts because campaign contributors were the beneficiaries of much of the money created with Public Debt: http://blnnews.com/2016/03/15/bloomington-taxpayers-liable/
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Rob Fazzini showed up for Public Comment last Monday night. He started off saying expenses shouldn’t be cut because services would go down. Then he went on to praise the Giebelhausen deal. Since Fazzini assisted Giebelhausen with financing of the College Hills project, maybe more dots need connected? He obviously knew the Kirk deal didn’t need any more support since he didn’t mention it.
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Our city is controlled by grifters, inside and out.
Master manipulators of truth. There were several reasons for the rejection of the original Front & Center building proposal from the Spring of 2015. One reason was because Mr. G’s previous boss, not him, was the developer with a successful track record who secured financing for the College Hills Mall. Mr. G is still being referred to as the developer when he is really a real estate broker.
More dots to connect?… Illinois Wesleyan has an interest in the Main St (old Mennonite Hospital) block and Fazzini is a graduate of IWU. Wonder if the Kirk brothers also have an IWU connection?
Was the purchase of this property even in the budget?
No
Hales said there were several ways the City could pay for the property. One was to take out a loan until they found a suitable buyer. Another was to dip into the Reserve/savings account. One reason the 1% tax increase was passed was to restore the balance of the Reserve fund to the level required by ordinance.
The taxpayers bought Robs lunch. Thanks for letting us know.
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