By: Diane Benjamin Last night’s meeting is going to take more than one story. Let’s start with the ridiculous. The microphone issues have been happening for months. Many of the council’s “buzzed” when they spoke, Scott Preston’s made it impossible to hear him. He’s wearing a microphone in addition to the one on the desk. […]
Written by Carl Hinshaw – Letter to the Editor, Heyworth Buzz
By: Diane Benjamin Tonight’s packet: https://www.normalil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4708 This meeting won’t be 10 minutes. Most of the agenda won’t be discussed but a few items probably will. Approval of the Uptown South Master Plan: The plan does include no natural gas lines even though that is illegal. Typical for progressives, do it and see it anyone sues. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Get ready for your PTAX-228 Notice of Assessment Change. Sit down before you open it! Thanks to the housing shortage prices have been rising fast. It doesn’t matter if you aren’t selling your house – this notice will reflect the prices of other houses that sold for inflated prices. I hear you […]
By: Diane Benjamin The climate change pushers ignore facts. When they claim the earth is burning because of fossil fuels they use temperatures since the 1960’s when a new ice age was being predicted. They will not tell you the 1930’s were hotter than now! https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/bloomington-normal/month-august Why were the 1930’s so hot? It certainly wasn’t […]
By: Diane Benjamin This question was asked: So far there are 99 comments. Many pertain to the crappy roads and nowhere to shop. This one is my favorite, I’d like to know where to find it: . Many pertained to Connect Transit, nobody mentioned it costs taxpayers now $1.3 million a month to not take […]
By: Diane Benjamin Check this website to see if you have unclaimed money: https://icash.illinoistreasurer.gov/ Claiming it is not easy in most cases. Just entering information usually isn’t enough. At least now documents they email to you can now be uploaded via the website. The treasurer’s office used to want you to get them notarized and […]
By: Diane Benjamin Fitch downgraded the US credit yesterday: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/shock-u-s-credit-rating-downgrade-by-fitch-rings-alarm-bells-about-economy/ar-AA1eGOTE This is a quote from the story: According to the company, despite the fact that the debt ceiling standoff was resolved two months ago, “the repeated debt-limit political standoffs and last-minute resolutions have eroded confidence in fiscal management.“ Let me interpret: Fitch would rather see […]
By: Diane Benjamin Start with the last election. No one who ran for office was contested, one Ward had no candidate. The candidate with the most votes only received 131. Fact: You can ignore politics – politics doesn’t ignore you. Below are the reason for this story: Water quality is monitored by the Illinois EPA. […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) If you subscribe by email, I don’t think this story was emailed: https://blnnews.com/2023/08/01/this-starts-in-kindergarten/ 2) I’m still celebrating there were no council meetings last night. 😁 (5th Monday of July) 3) For Mollie Ward’s gun violence prevention committee: a) Gun buyback program isn’t a new thought – don’t claim you came up […]
By: Diane Benjamin Before your kids go back to school, review how schools did in the one job they have – EDUCATION. Your kids only get one chance to learn what they need to be successful! The below stats are for area high schools, keep in mind students got here by being in public schosol […]
