Normal’s Houdini Act

By: Diane Benjamin

Normal did not have last Wednesday’s budget meeting (1/26) posted on their website. It also wasn’t on the the Town calendar, magically it has now appeared. The first screen shot was taken Tuesday, that would be the 25th.

The second screen shot was taken today: https://normal.org/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=2022&month=1&day=26

Look at the 26th on both. Is the professional staff incompetent or was this meeting purposely hidden?

Below are the properties on the first screen shot which proves it was taken on 1/25. That isn’t 48 hours advance notice Normal.

The deception in Normal is staggering!

Citizens would actually trust Koos and company if they ever admitted they screwed up. They never will, they are way to arrogant to ever admit a mistake.

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12 thoughts on “Normal’s Houdini Act

  1. Appears as though Koos and Company believes no one is watching them!
    And the sad truth is most of us are not watching because we are too busy working and trying to keep our heads above water
    BLNNEWS, we are so grateful for all of the research you do to try to keep us “tax payers” informed

  2. The last two IT directors had/have no background in information technology management. They were appointed to their positions because of prior relationships, gender and race. Both were/are incompetent in the field. Knowing people is the best way to climb the career ladder in BN. Always has been, always will.

      1. She was hired to direct the department along with other tasks. Her title is Director of Innovation and Technology . I know for a fact she was hired to manage Noemal’s IT Department. Doesn’t matter. The woman is incompetent and disorganized. She’ll continue to get by fooling people but Town leadership could care less as always.

  3. I thought this story was going to be about Stan Nord disappearing from the meeting.
    Is he still missing the meetings with Reece as well? Are you going to hold him accountable and make an issue out of him not being there like you do everyone else?

      1. Maybe I live in Normal and expect him to be there.
        All he talks about is representing the citizens. I guess just when it is convenient for him.

    1. I’m with you. Nord needs to be at every meeting to represent the Town. If any one else left halfway through a budget meeting, this blog site would have made an issue of it. He also needs to show up to meetings with Town staff to learn. He must be educated to fulfill his fiduciary duty to Town Council.

      And since Peabody hasn’t lived in this community for quite sometime, I don’t know why there continues to be this level of interest. I hope they invest this much time and care in the community in which they currently live.

      1. Chemberely wasn’t there at all, did I report that? No. Preston was late and Smith was in and out. Gee, I didn’t report them either. Lorenz looked asleep during a lit if it, want that reported too?

  4. I’m shocked Stan is still involved at all. The council, manager and the attorney with the hitler mustache are assholes to him at every meeting. I’ve never seen such a pack of bullies dedicated to destroying one person ‘till I started watching some of the council videos you post. No one attempts to stop the bullying. They either participate in the attack or they watch and do nothing. They have no idea how unwelcoming and hostile they make Normal look at these meetings.

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