By: Diane Benjamin
Not much on Monday’s agenda: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4104
There will be an appointment to the Human Relations Commission, but it’s a secret. The people served by this appointee don’t get to know who it is until his Royal Highness Koos allows you to know.
The expenses below are for Chemberly Cumming’s activist training camp. The question that needs answered: If Stan Nord wanted to hold a class for high schoolers to teach them about government – would the Town of Normal taxpayers be funding it with the blessing of Pam Reece? 🤣
I hope this is for more than one vehicle:
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The PURPOSE of Municipal Government: MUNICIPAL RESOURCES to Provide:
• Clean Water, Solid Waste removal, Facilities maintenance (parks, streetlights, municipal buildings)
• Zoning & building regulations, law enforcement, fire protection, promote ED.
MUNICIPAL FUNDING:
Property Taxes, USER FEES (sewer/water/solid waste), LOCAL SALES TAX, taxes on LOCAL businesses…
LIMITATIONS: PUBLIC FUNDS can only be used for public purposes (see above); cannot be used for private purposes…not where the expenditure of money is directly for the private benefit of certain individuals
• If the dominant motive is to promote a private purpose, the expenditure would be invalid even if incidentally some public purpose also is served.
PUBLIC FUNDS CLAUSE: application of tax money for other that public purposes (as mentioned) is a deprivation of property without due process of law.
• DUE PROCESS IS A RIGHT GUARANTEED UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
• ILSC: Public funds, property or credit shall be used only for public purposes (see above)
• Council members take an oath to uphold the State & US Constitution.
Just sayin’
The training camp is a ploy to get Chemberly more votes for her next state rep run. I doubt Preston realizes he has been stabbed in the back..
Are you predicting a Cummings vs. Renner matchup in the primaries? Bloomington vs. Normal. Stock up on popcorn.