By: Diane Benjamin
Everyone should know by now the Coliseum never performed as sold to the citizens of Bloomington: It will never cost you a dime!
Billy Tyus, Deputy City Manager, admitted the obvious to WGLT: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-02-01/with-hockey-team-in-place-bloomington-looks-to-bring-arena-back-to-life?fbclid=IwAR1YSf-4fJksOpolUowyg7i2Qz9WmQlSCllxjwsP0BTE2Yb7G6tkVC6F_6k
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Note: The hockey team won’t be around long if they have to help the city recoup costs.
Meanwhile, Mike Matejka who voted to build the Coliseum and the never used as a fire station headed to Washington DC for the Building a Better Illinois and Indiana Summit. https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/investment-in-our-infrastructure-normal-resident-heading-to-white-house/
Proof of Matejka’s votes: https://blnnews.com/2017/11/08/who-voted-for-the-never-used-fire-station/
I bet you can’t wait for the summit results! I guarantee they will include more government investment to create prosperity. Mike’s the perfect guy – he has lots of experience making your life better. 🥶😎
At least we finally have confirmation the Coliseum will continue to suck up your tax dollars, also called Quality of Life. (Nobody has used that label for awhile! I can’t imagine why.)
Next you will hear investing $30 million on the downtown streetscape will have people flocking to events. Stay tuned.
Building a crappier Illinois and Indiana one day at a time.
Unions will get work though – at our expense!
Oh Good! We have a socialist representing us in Washington DC.
Hide your money and your children or run for your lives!!
Hey Bloomington, if YOU build it, THEY will never come. If the free market see’s a need for it, let them build it and you can sit around figure out new ways to tax it!
The councils vote for spending because people don’t
I hope marxist Matejka enjoys his trip paid for by taxpayers. I would like to get feedback from the other people who also voted for the coliseum that the taxpayers didn’t want. Hey Michael Sprague, what say you?
Ms Benjamin, you have the comment of the year…”Mike (Matejka) is the perfect guy…he has lots of experience making your life better.” Perfect description!! Let’s add Tim Gleason and Steve Scudder to the list as well!