By: Diane Benjamin What happened was democrats proved they have no problem raising your property taxes because government needs your money more than you do. Last year the Board voted to keep the property tax rate the same which means they grabbed all the increases in assessed value. That amounted to a 13% tax increase. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Part 2 with a link to Part 1: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/08/road-ratings-part-2/ Today’s edition covers north of Empire, east of Veterans, and north to where Bloomington ends on Fort Jesse. If you don’t understand a “3” rating, drive Fort Jesse. It is rated a 4 or better. Much of this section isn’t old. There are […]
By: Diane Benjamin PDF page 32: https://mcleancountyil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/10169 The Finance Committee meets today at 4:30. The County Administrator wants to change the budget policy. Proposed: Anybody see a problem? I bet this comes up at the meeting!
By: Diane Benjamin Keep in mind GAZA was free until they attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. Palestinians elected Hamas and haven’t had elections again since that happened in 2006. Hamas then murdered opposition to keep power. Nice folks. I wasn’t going to do a story on just Krystle Able, but when Corey Beirne chimed […]
By: Diane Benjamin Part 1: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/07/citizens-wants-the-roads-fixed-they-wont-be/ Today’s addition is east of Veterans, north of Oakland, and south of Empire: I mapped all the roads with the worst rating – 3. East Washington has a small section that’s 6 lanes – .06 miles x 6 = .36 lane miles It also has 2 sections that are […]
By: Diane Benjamin ABC poll: Only 20% are very confident in elections https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-faith-election-integrity-drops-poll/story?id=82069876 40 days of voting does zero for credible elections. Then the stunt Illinois democrats pulled last week to keep people off the ballot AND eliminating the chance of getting a Parental Rights non-binding question on the ballot prove Illinois elections are fixed. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Using Bloomington’s Road ratings: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/36eea74c6ede4cd08e7d6ec03ed14246 and McLean County GIS: https://mcleangis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=541971ad75f248c38c9bc6ffcd3a7516 I mapped the roads with a 3 rating. The colors are too close to distinguish, but I didn’t find any roads rating less than 3. See the legend on the first link. Whoever created the legend did a poor job with colors […]
By: Diane Benjamin More on this story: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/06/illegal-handouts-by-government/ How much did Connect Transit spend on employees picking presents from the catalog? Total: $5,825.00 So far, there could be more illegal gifts. Meanwhile, they lose $1.2 million+ EVERY month while getting $75,833 a month from Bloomington and $49,167 a month from Normal taxpayers – just in […]
By: Diane Benjamin See this story from the Edgar County Watchdogs: https://tinyurl.com/Leroy-Christmas-Money It is also illegal to hand out taxpayer dollars for Christmas presents. The story has proof Leroy did it but they are far from alone. Using taxpayer dollars for funeral flowers isn’t companionate. It’s illegal to use government money for non-public expenses. Read […]
By: Diane Benjamin Progressives are FAR left. They don’t believe in capitalism or the Republic. Below are pictures from the Student for Justice in Palestine ISU Facebook page. 7 members were arrested Friday after refusing to leave the Hovey Hall Administration Building. https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/05/03/pro-palestinian-protesters-stage-sit-in-after-meeting-with-illinois-state-universitys-president/ One of those arrested was 40 year old Steven Lazarov. More about […]
By: Diane Benjamin Illinois Democrats have been using tricks to pass legislation for as long as I can remember. Here’s the trick: They just did it again to change election law in the middle of an election cycle: https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2b607af8-08cb-11ef-be4b-4314e8b49453.html?a?utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Flists%2Ft2%2Fillinois%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline When asked about this bill Pritzker claimed it’s an ethics bill. Obviously democrats don’t have any […]
h/t a reader There aren’t many kids left in the Palestinian protest. Students walking by didn’t support them, just their right to peacefully protest.
By: Diane Benjamin The McLean County Coroner, Kathy Yoder, includes a report every month in the Justice Committee packet. It recaps County deaths including causes. Falls and Fractures continue to be the highest rate of accidental death. Total County deaths for 2023 were 101 less than 2022. https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/10011 The first 3 months of 2024 are […]
Maybe Leroy can get their fair share of what is causing inflation: https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-sends-3b-to-states-for-lead-pipes/ It will be fun to see what cities want money while hiding the have lead pipes. By: Diane Benjamin Lead isn’t the only problem with Leroy water. For some residents the water has a disgusting color that stains everything. Other have a […]
This is the group I’ve written about before. VMS helps veterans with home repairs at no charge to them. https://blnnews.com/2022/09/02/this-group-is-helping-veterans-and-worthy-of-support https://blnnews.com/2023/07/03/save-the-date-july-15th Veterans Maintenance Solutions website: https://servingvets.net/ Of course they need money to keep helping, so if you like to golf sign up to help them help vets:
By: Diane Benjamin See this WGLT story: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-04-30/isu-students-set-up-pro-palestinian-tent-encampment-on-quad The pictures say all you need to know about the “protesters”: They are all wearing masks outside on a beautiful day: Why wear masks? There is only one reason: To hide their identity. ISU has a “microaggression” policy. The protest is more of a macro-aggression against jewish […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’ve been out of town the last few days. We actually saw gas $.06 less – not in time to get a pic however. Kentucky: Kentucky gas tax is $.26 a gallon. Illinois gas tax is $.454 a gallon. This morning gasbuddy.com shows local prices exactly the difference in tax higher here. […]
