By: Diane Benjamin
http://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3339
This statement is in the minutes for approval from the last meeting:
Koos had 7 people interested, 3 that had filled out the on-line form. See this previous story: https://blnnews.com/2019/06/27/more-koos-fib-and-kevin-mccarthy/
Normal allows spiking too. CDM (Children’s Discovery Museum) Foundation Board has 13 Board members. Since the Board is a non-profit, why did Normal pay? Either that breakfast cost $87 bucks each or they fed more unnamed people. https://www.childrensdiscoverymuseum.net/162/Foundation-Board
List of mostly your money being given away, it can’t be to buy votes! Right?
Free Music! If you can’t read the total – it’s $15,650.
Where is the stained glass? They did pick a great company!
Add this to the Tiger Grant wish spending, the Town really wants and underpass even if you don’t. They must think Uptown 2.0 isn’t dead.
This brings the total spent since May 2018 to $368,554.41. Running total from previous posts
The director of the Childrens’ Museum, also former director of the County Museum, who followed Mr. Koos in that office, and a former WJBCer should be able to answer some questions.
The music last weekend was just wonderful as I left my business at noon Saturday it was wonderful listening to the rapper screaming the f word for an entire 5 minutes. True entertainment for those young children listening NOT!
your tax dollars hard at work : NOT! Look at all the monies spent just on music. Ask yourself : is this crap rap really necessary? Could your tax monies be spent better? We ask those kinds of questions but I can guess King Koos doesnt. I just hope Mr.Nord asks that question at the meeting.
Per your facebook comment re Tari possibly writing the post…to him you just might be a cancer Diane, spreading the truth like a virus. They can’t take the truth and just plain facts. Go get them Diane.
DING DING DING DING! Here’s an idea I’ll bet no one in Normal government thought about. See this: https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/bridge-anyone-normal-offering-glenn-ave-structure-for-free/article_1465c0cf-c4dc-5ea6-9204-d6a6b0e2e0eb.html?fbclid=IwAR0UzNPLfd7gcAogk9QMK3W7CV0SnczWY7pK2Yjc8bUVTFbLsxCSdO5OaN0
Use this “pre-built” bridge for the Upsouthdowntown pedestrian/bike underpass! Two birds – one stone! And costing much less than $24Million!
9K for baseball? ISU 9K? 18K just for two of Koos’s favorites. 18K . How many feet of streets would that fix. How much interest on loans would that cover? Betcha Mr.Nord will be asking questions. But of course,the King will tell Mr.Nord to shut up I’m sure.
The sad part about that cost for the underpass is that it doesn’t even take into account the staff time being spent on it. There’s at least 4 people (not including the Mayor and city manager) working on that for the Town. That’s a lot of time and money. How much has their time cost taxpayers? What else could they be doing instead of working on that project? It’s such a waste.