By: Diane Benjamin
From Bills and Payroll for tonight: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/30800/638653008719573395
PDF page 3: Total employees 1194
From October 28, 2019: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/23355/637074433368370000
PDF page 3: Total employees 854
That is an increase in the number of employees of 39.81% in 5 years.
Current unemployment in Illinois: https://ides.illinois.gov/resources/labor-market-information/laus/current-monthly-unemployment-rates.html
Download Illinois, U.S. & Metro Areas
Is Bloomington’s unemployment rate lower than the state because government is hiring? The bigger government gets the less freedoms you have.
Bloomington isn’t 40% bigger in 5 years. Census.gov data: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bloomingtoncityillinois/PST045222
The hiring and bloated payrolls will end when another crash occurs.
When the leftist progressive marxist democrats hit town, they get a job in local government.
What the…why am I not surprised?
Progressive “public servants” $$$
The problem is they may create a lucrative buyout package for those in charge where they’ll get a sweetened package to retire. Our expenses would go down only because they eliminate some of the bloat that they added in the first place.