By: Diane Benjamin Latest turbine pics, these are all different towers east of Bloomington and all leaking oil: . I could have posted many more leaking oil. Below is campaign literature for 2 democrats running for the McLean County Board. What does “fairer” mean? The only way to make something “fair” is to take from […]
By: Diane Benjamin It will help understand this issue is you’ve driven Rt 150 from Bloomington to Downs. Right before the turn south to go through Downs there is a very low area called Shaddyville. The Kickapoo Creek runs along the south edge. The houses are older and not incorporated into the Village of Downs. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Meeting documentation: https://connect-transit.com/file/2937/09%2024%202024_BoT%20Meeting%20Packet.pdf Every other year statistics for the year end were only delayed a month. That was June 30th, nothing is included. Transparency? This report says it is for Period 1 which if July: The losses just keep getting higher! The loss for August isn’t included but the ridership numbers are: […]
By: Diane Benjamin . ObamaCare didn’t work? Of course it didn’t because government isn’t capable of managing healthcare. Doctors were forced to work for corporations instead of being independent. As predicted before Democrats passed it, doctor shortages now exist. Add we now have 10-15 million illegals competing with Americans for healthcare. Isn’t theirs free? One […]
By: Diane Benjamin In case you missed it, CIRA got a Federal grant for improvements: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/federal-dollars-coming-to-cira-to-buy-new-safety-equipment-rehabilitate-runway/ “Bringing home the bacon” to buy votes wouldn’t be needed if the Federal Government wasn’t trying to control everything by spending $2 Trillion more a year than it receives from taxpayers. Like inflation? Unless the size and spending of […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you did believe in term limits you would be marking every judge NO: Voting YES is NOT going to save County taxpayers any money: If this passes an auditor will be appointed instead of elected. Auditors have to be independent. Appointed isn’t. The best way to take out someone who isn’t […]
By: Diane Benjamin According to the tax returns filed by Immigration Project Inc, this organization’s mission is: Aid and legal assistance for immigrants and refugees You can see years of their tax returns here. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/431700482 Below is what the Executive Director, CHARLOTTE ALVAREZ, has been paid in order by year starting with 2018, 2020 was […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you are confused about the 3 advisory questions the democrats put on the ballot to prevent a parental rights advisory question, Krystle Able thinks you should vote YES on all 3: . Of course unintended consequences are difficult without critical thinking skills. She also still wants Rent Control. Krystle also posted […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Finance Director’s report highlight’s some aspect of the City during every report. Last night was the arena. Did you know you still owe over $21,000,000 on the building that is close to 20 years old? Obviously the bonds require lots of interest payments and very little to principle. Alderman Sheila Montney […]
By: Diane Benjamin Aldermen Jenna Kearns and Kent Lee did not attend last night’s meeting. That is important to remember for what happened. First, Monsignor Jason Gray from the Peoria Diocese asked the council to not override the wishes of the property owner who does not want to be designated as an historic landmark because […]
By: Diane Benjamin This won’t be the only story on last night. During the discussion of parking tickets downtown, the aldermen who is also running for mayor declared he and his spouse who is running for McLean County Board (Eric Hansen) aren’t good at paying their bills. Cody Hendricks was the only vote against stronger […]
By: Diane Benjamin Tonight’s agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f7280584-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-d854eb82-3702-4140-9de6-ac3a8e3f379d-1726858367.pdf Word Salad #1: Word Salad #2: Note: Both of these items are on the Consent Agenda and won’t be discussed unless an alderman pulls them for discussion. The first one authorizes the City to issue bonds for the water projects your water bill will triple to cover. The second […]
By: Diane Benjamin https://bloomingtonelectionsil.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/24GILBLO_SPECIMEN_FINAL.pdf Unlike the County where the Clerk in charge of elections is actually elected, BEC has this disclaimer on their site: https://bloomingtonelectionsil.gov/november-5th-2024-general-election/specimen-ballot On the County website you can locate what YOUR ballot will look like, it won’t have every office like BEC’s does. That is the difference between being able to hold […]
WEEK story: https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/09/20/parents-concerned-after-threat-school-say-administrators-didnt-tell-them-soon-enough/ 2 updates from the Superintendent are below. Ben Derges claims they were sent to parents. By: Diane Benjamin Some incident did occur on Wednesday, but whatever happened has been resolved. I hear Superintendent Derges is supposed to be doing a press conference with WEEK 25. There is nothing on either website and […]
By: Diane Benjamin Since the County Clerk is elected, sample ballots are posted today. They couldn’t be finalized until a final decision was made about Robert Kennedy Jr’s name being on the ballot. That was a no brainer since Illinois is blue and they never wanted his name removed because they think it helps Harris. […]
FYI: There is nothing in this letter that isn’t either happening now or could have in the near future.
By: Diane Benjamin I had hoped at least one parent would have shown up at the Unit 5 School Board meeting last night to talk about the issue below. One parent did speak about fights at football games, but no one spoke on this issue. You can see her comment at 35:10. She was followed […]
By: Diane Benjamin Just living in Illinois means citizens are required to fund pension without asking any questions. You should at least know how the funds are performing. Normal’s last year wasn’t great. These numbers are as of 3/31/2024 which is Normal’s year end. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) will require higher contributions since it […]
By: Diane Benjamin Keep in mind Abby Scott, 9th Ward candidate for Bloomington City Council, is the wife of far leftist Corey Beirne: https://blnnews.com/2024/09/06/was-this-supposed-to-be-a-secret/ Both Krystle Able and Beirne are “excited” about Abby Scott joining the race while never stating she is married to Beirne. Proof is in the linked story. h/t a reader: Trump […]
By: Diane Benjamin Start with this story: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/09/16/nearly-500-republican-democrat-officials-urge-joe-biden-import-2-5-million-migrants-fill-american-jobs/ Excerpt: Almost 500 local and state elected officials, both Republicans and Democrats, are urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s administration to admit some 2.5 million migrants to the United States through the federal government’s refugee resettlement program. That story is from yesterday, the letter […]
By: Diane Benjamin Poem by: https://www.tarzanajoe.com/constitution-day/ (He wrote this poem last week) Constitution Day
By: Diane Benjamin The Committee of the Whole meeting was short. If you want to know where your increased water rates are going, watch. After that short presentation various departments recapped their accomplishments. Each gave a quick summary. The most interesting part to me was when Alderman Jenna Kearns asked how Melissa Hon (Economic Development) […]
By: Diane Benjamin McLean County property taxes aren’t going down – look at this slide from last week’s County Board meeting and see if you can tell why I know that: Need more time? I can wait . . . . The overall spending is decreasing because the COVID bucks aren’t rushing into the coffers […]
By: Diane Benjamin Agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/4a873e24-5bc1-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-d854eb82-3702-4140-9de6-ac3a8e3f379d-1726159900.pdf Of course no details are released in advance on either topic.
By: Diane Benjamin Do you ever read a news story and think to yourself: This doesn’t feel right. If yes, you have critical thinking skills that make you not fall for whatever information is pushed. Both Krystle Able and Corey Beirne posted an AXIOS story on Facebook which claims the end of cash bail in […]
By: Diane Benjamin Keep in mind the Democrats plan to take over the County Board in November for I think the first time ever. This is the mentality you will get: Krystle Able was the ONLY County Board member NOT at the Thursday meeting. That didn’t stop her from posting this on Facebook and then […]
By: Diane Benjamin From a friend of mine: Since May I have been telling friends and acquaintances about the effort to uncover the terrible truth about the condition of voter rolls across the country. United Sovereign Americans volunteers in 27 states have been working hard. In Illinois, our highly qualified and credentialed volunteer data team […]
By: Diane Benjamin I only got involved because the director of Recycling Furniture for Families contacted me since funding was cut off without a good explanation. Everyone was blaming PATH for failure to file grant applications. This resulted in loss of funding for numerous organizations and jobs at PATH when funding for hotline employees was […]
By: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington supposedly has a policy of not fixing roads if the water lines need replaced. It’s a great policy that eliminates having to resurface roads numerous times because of water main breaks. Evidently downtown roads don’t fall under that policy. Yesterday this was posted to the website: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/Home/Components/News/News/10139/1394 Front […]
By: Diane Benjamin Evidently it isn’t City staff: PDF page 94: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/30664/638610666168900000
By: Diane Benjamin Three people spoke at Public Comment: Dan Brady, Surena Fish, and Gary Lambert. Brady wondered is the old Owens Nursery property the City is buying could house some homeless people on a temporary basis. Fish was frustrated that most of the Council didn’t attend the special PSCRB meeting with joint law enforcement […]
By: Diane Benjamin Did your water bill skyrocket? A friend told me this weekend his meter wasn’t read for the 2 previous months and this month the City made up for it with a massive increase. Agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f7247ca1-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-d854eb82-3702-4140-9de6-ac3a8e3f379d-1725655884.pdf Proving “diversity” is merely a talking point, the mayor is doing another reappointment tonight: Joseph Blaney to […]
By: Diane Benjamin Chris Koos and Chemberly Harris are trying to defend passing a 1% grocery tax in the press. https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/09/04/normal-narrowly-approves-local-tax-groceries/ If you didn’t watch the meeting video you missed even some far left trustees hammering Pritzker for claiming he reduced taxes by eliminating the 1% tax. It was never State revenue, they just collected […]
By: Diane Benjamin Maybe schools wouldn’t need more funding if they weren’t required to educate illegal alien kids that only the far left think have a right to be here. We are forced to pay for illegal immigration without a vote. https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-09-05/mclean-county-school-administrators-ponder-a-countywide-sales-tax-after-failed-effort-in-2014 Read the article. Public schools are now horrendous. School administrators want a 1% […]
