By: Diane Benjamin
See Bills and Payroll for Monday night – the LAST page: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=242&parent=9535
Remember how Bloomington was exposed in the Chicago Tribune paying massive penalties for allowing employees to SPIKE their pensions? http://blnnews.com/2015/08/26/imrf-what-did-hales-know-and-when/
Remember when the Budget Task Force recommended fixing the problem but never did?
Well, it just cost you another $122,735.32!
Of course,
FOIA request filed for details with IMRF.
I wonder if a raise for David Hales is on Monday’s agenda?
Attn: Sage, Black. etc
If you weren’t a joke PROVE IT!
You are about to pass a budget that increases spending $20,000,000 with NO cuts!
Government employees are allowed to spike pensions because they “deserve” if.
No cuts are ever made because government employees are more important than you.
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The worst is that 1% tax increase doesn’t even cover the 11% budget increase. The Council will pass the budget knowing there is a projection of another deficit in 3 years. In 2009 there was a $6.9M deficit so taxes were raised. In 2014 there was a budget shortfall so taxes were raised again. Another tax hike is on the horizon.
All part of Tari’s Master Plan. As a committed Marxist, he believes ALL wealth (and property) should belong to the government. So every extra penny he can take from taxpayers advances his (barely) hidden agenda. And he has 2-3 Council members who share his ideology, and another 2-3 far too stupid to understand what they are supporting.
so sad. we are , for a kinder term, so screwed!!