Month: October 2024

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Weekend Election Fun šŸ˜‰

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Did Unit 5 Dump DEI?

By: Diane Benjamin April 2024: Today:

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US Average unemployment 4.4%, McLean County 4.8%

See this story: https://www.illinoispolicy.org/unemployment-persists-in-illinois-metro-areas-during-august/ The Bloomington area gained 100 jobs in August. Springfield, Peoria, and Decatur all lost jobs. From August of 2023 to August of 2024 this area gained 600 jobs. The article has other interesting stats. It also has a path to prosperity that won’t happen. Illinois anti-business policies will continue because the […]

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Need a job?

By: Diane Benjamin The Immigration Project is hiring. They have lots of openings because your tax dollars are funding illegal immigration. These are payments to them from your Illinois tax dollars: . The sheer volume of unvetted people crossing the border isn’t compassion it’s an invasion since many come from countries that hate us. The […]

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Suggestion for Normal

By: Diane Benjamin The following idea was sent to me by a resident of Normal. Who knows long before the police where huge partying crowds are expected? ISU students. Instead of passing more laws those 1,000 people last weekend would have ignored, why not reward students for tips? If the police had arrived earlier the […]

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Normal gets a grant to hire more police

By: Diane Benjamin https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/grant-funding-allowing-normal-pd-to-hire-new-officers Are the 6 new officers going to be terminated when the grant money runs out? The story doesn’t say. The story claims growth means the Town needs more officers. Is the population of Normal going up or just crime? https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/illinois/normal https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/normaltownillinois,US/PST045223 Keep in mind ISU students that aren’t here all year […]

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Follow the Money

By: Diane Benjamin Pritzker owns the Democrat Party. Wonder why no Democrats objected to his almost 2 years of COVID executive orders? The two biggest contributors to Sharon Chung’s campaign are: You can look up all donations on illinoissunshine.org It is amazing how many contributions merely come from other campaigns. Below Is what Sharon Chung […]

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Civilization in Decline

By: Diane Benjamin I was at the Casey’s in Normal yesterday that was looted. A copy of the Pantagraph was laying on the counter, I asked an out of town friend who grew up here if she had heard about it. The clerk behind the counter started telling us about what happened. He was obviously […]

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Thank You Krystle

By: Diane Benjamin I don’t copy anywhere near all of her posts. The ones I choose show her policy thinking. She is part of the local Democrat Party and since most of the other local Democrats never post anything but platitudes, I like showing voters how Democrats really think. I have a long list of […]