By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Election Commission only handles elections. They have full-time staff dedicated solely to elections. County taxpayers are forced to fund this office—not the taxpayers of the City of Bloomington. In the County you can enter your address and see your ballot before you vote: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/1600/Ballots In Bloomington you can’t. Their full […]
By: Diane Benjamin Hendricks is the mayoral candidate who has never read City Code since he flagrantly violated it more than once: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/25/cody-hendricks-chief-cheater/ Did he do the same thing when he was on the Pekin City Council? Below is proof Hendricks makes up the world he wants people to see while ignoring reality: The way […]
By: Diane Benjamin It didn’t go national because it’s another government who demands more of your money. The issue got published by Just The News because there is alleged election interference by local schools: https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/mclean-county-sheriff-investigating-alleged-election-interference?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost# If you don’t know John Solomon, founder of Just The News, read his bio. He has a LONG history of […]
By: Diane Benjamin https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-03-27/photos-faculty-demonstrate-on-isu-quad-ahead-of-possible-strike A strike is threatened by tenured and tenure-track facility at ISU. Do you know what ISU costs (before any financial aid)? The cost per year goes up from here – click on other majors: https://financialaid.illinoisstate.edu/paying/2024-2025-undergraduate/index.php Remember the lady with a Masters Degree in Communications who can’t afford rent? Does she have […]
By: Diane Benjamin The below was sent to me to show why Kearns doesn’t say the Pledge: Not even her hand over her heart:
By: Diane Benjamin 1) I apologize to New Illinois! I’ve been meaning to post this for weeks. It’s too late to sign up for food, but you can still attend: 2) Part of the DOGE team did an interview with Brett Baier. Get facts from the source, not the people who are probably benefiting from […]
By: Diane Benjamin I could write about Krystle’s ramblings Facebook every day, but I try to stick to the worst examples. Note she does not mention a spouse, a significant other, etc etc. She expected daddy government to pay. Did she write this because she believes the leftist talking points claiming is going after entitlements? […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Cody changed his endorsements, perhaps after years in office when he finally read the city code and realized he had violated it by claiming the McLean County Democrats endorsed him. He replaced it with an endorsement from Alderman Jenna Kearns, who violated the same code in the same way Cody did. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Bloomington Ward 9 The same unions and democrats funding every far left campaign like Cody Hendricks: https://www.illinoissunshine.org/committees/40230 Her opponent, Roger Bedeker, hasn’t received enough donations to require filing. ($5000)
By: Diane Benjamin Jackie Beyer was the only commentator during the public hearing about the budget. If you want to find out why she is holding the bag, watch the video. She also talked about property taxes and how they are making rent unaffordable. Congratulations to the new head of engineering at the City of […]
By: Diane Benjamin The mailer below was sent to hard R’s in Ward 9 – people who vote in Republican primaries. Ask Abby if she has voted in a Republican Primary in the last 10 years! If the answer is YES she lying. Ask if she has voted in Democrat primaries. Hint: Every one. I […]
By: Diane Benjamin Ben Zimmerman’s mom sent me this picture. She bought the car for Ben’s son, Bryce, for Christmas. He finally got a chance to drive it outside. Their dogs, Gus and Bailly, joined in the fun while campaigning for Ward 1 alderman. Ward 1 has a choice: A family guy or a lawyer […]
By: Diane Benjamin The back side of Cody Hendricks’ illegal mailer bashed Dan Brady. It claimed Brady supports Trump’s extreme MAGA agenda. That means Cody must stands for waste, fraud, and abuse of your money. He must also support keeping criminal aliens roaming the streets. Americans without TDS don’t support either. We know Cody has […]
By: Diane Benjamin Mailer #2 from Cody Hendricks is below. It directly violates the Bloomington City Code, the laws under which Bloomington supposedly operates. He is unfit to be mayor due to these violations of the Bloomington City Code. He has no respect for the laws of the city he seeks to represent. Alderman Sheila […]
By: Diane Benjamin School Administrators are so desperate to rake in pots of gold from the 1% Sales Tax ballet question they are going to nursing homes to “educate” the residents. If you have relatives in a local nursing home, it’s time for a visit. How many “English as a 2nd language” students are in […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Bloomington agenda for tonight: https://d2kbkoa27fdvtw.cloudfront.net/cityblm/8941a8856acf86d8eb133ec7a8132d1a0.pdf 3 Public hearings will be held. All 3 items are on the Consent Agenda. That means the hearings are meaningless. The Consent Agenda is usually passed without comment. Also, the City is spending another $215,366.27 on the water quality. This time they are treating both lakes […]
By: Diane Benjamin Cody violated City Code. Did Abby Scott do it too? See: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/23/fly-on-the-wall-cody-hendricks/ Will the McLean County Chamber of Commerce withdraw their endorsement of Kearns? If elected officials and those who want to be elected violate laws, why should anyone else obey them? These people are leading the City down a dangerous road. […]
Proof in this story: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/24/six-things-you-need-to-know-3/ Should a person who knowingly violates city code be trusted to serve as mayor? While flying around, I heard that Cody sent a mailer only to local Democrats, stating he was endorsed by the local Democratic Party. This is a direct violation of Bloomington City Code—see below. Local races are […]
By: Diane Benjamin From Krystle Able’s Facebook page: . Like all Democrats truth doesn’t matter, neither does basic economics. Medicaid is not being cut for people who absolutely need it. Illegals aren’t entitled to free healthcare at our expense, they will not receive benefits. Work requirements may be added for those who are able to […]
By: Diane Benjamin I heard from a reliable source yesterday Assessed Values will increase another 8-9% this year. Your property taxes will increase even if the 1% sales tax passes. Schools drool over rising property values, as does every taxing body listed on your property tax bill. The assessor will be blamed instead of the […]
Slightly different format today. You may have to click on a few pictures to see the who meme.
Below is a summary document compiled from some of the files I received by FOIA. Teachers are REQUIRED to participate in these trainings. Note all the WOKE (Marxists) ideology and buzz words included. The referenced files are below. You are going to vote to give them more money? 🤦♀️ Don’t miss pages 3 and 4.
By: Diane Benjamin Part 1 Grooming. Click on Hormone Therapy. Infertility is a side effect.
By: Diane Benjamin A reader commented yesterday about Cody Hendricks, claiming he had never voted for anything that hurt people. I think I deleted that comment because it was lengthy and full of propaganda. Evidently, tripling the water rates doesn’t hurt people — unless you live paycheck to paycheck, where every dollar matters. What if […]
Below are two documents. The first one is a press release that was just issued. The second is a complaint that was filed with the US Department of Education. It accuses Universities, including ISU, of violating students Rights to Privacy. Personal information was released to NGO’s who use that data to increase voter participation on […]
By: Diane Benjamin Illinois must not care if it loses federal funding. The state pushes DEI in schools, and Unit 5 is happy to comply. I have a lot more information, thanks to a FOIA request. Remember when teachers taught the basics and we were number one in the world for education? Looking at these […]
By: Diane Benjamin Below is the back of a recent mailer by the Henricks campaign. It’s hilarious to call Dan Brady MAGA when Democrats just scored an historic low approval rating! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/16/democrats-record-low-favorability-republicans-trump/82471412007/ What is an assault weapon Cody? Since pregnancy isn’t a disease, stopping one isn’t healthcare. If you agree Cody will not be representing […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) The McLean County Sheriff’s office is investigating what appears to be a conspiracy among McLean County Schools Districts to convince you to vote for the Sales Tax increase. The investigation won’t be done before the election. I know more details, but I’ll let the investigation play out. 2) Click this link: […]
By: Diane Benjamin See this document obtained by FOIA from District 87: That document is a training course for teachers – Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) The links were disabled by District 87 because the truth hurts. The video below is part of this document however. District 87 used a video with cartoon drawings to […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Water Director got the message from yesterday about paying more for powdered activated carbon: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/17/special-bloomington-meeting-tonight-instead-of-committee-of-the-whole/ I spent 30 years talking people through computer problems with people who have no background in how computers work. I had to talk to them on their level. The water director needs a few lessons […]
by: Diane Benjamin A 1% local Sales Tax increase went into effect in 2016. At least part of that was billed as money for “mental health”. It was really to pay for the jail addition. Since Illinois re-wrote criminal justice laws making holding offenders more difficult, is that new addition you are still paying for […]
By: Diane Benjamin Agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/1c85acfe-ff58-11ef-ab6a-005056a89546-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1741900634.pdf There are no votes except to approve minutes at Committee of the Whole meetings. The Water Department needs this purchase, hence the name change: Recent costs in an attempt to fix the water problems: $755,132 for a PAC feed system https://d2kbkoa27fdvtw.cloudfront.net/cityblm/e085b8853afbb93a1a2f6564d1ae8cce0.pdf February 24th the Council approved $62,500.00 with the same […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) The Down Village Board failed to get a motion to take a vote: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/13/downs-tonight-flooding-shaddyville/ The issue isn’t totally dead, the people affected need to stay vigilant. 2) Barry Reilly’s Vote Yes for McLean County Schools received some donations they couldn’t hide until after the vote: Since the Unit 5 Teacher’s Union […]
By: Diane Benjamin https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-03-04/housing-water-taxes-take-center-stage-at-bloomington-mayoral-forum Remember when environmentalists cried over countries carving farmland into the Amazon Rainforest? You won’t find old media reporting this, look on X. . How does Cody explain this destruction so people can get to a Climate Summit? What about “Ban natural gas” Chris Koos? The propaganda has always been to take […]
By: Diane Benjamin This just might make everyone with common sense realize there is no hope for Illinois: https://www.newsbreak.com/mystateline-com-wtvo-wqrf-1589920/3854313830110-illinois-clarifies-no-local-laws-can-restrict-homeless-camping-in-public-areas According to the State of Illinois, local governments must allow “camping” on public property: . I wonder how Illinois lawmakers would feel if “camping” was all over the capitol building grounds? Do the Normal mayoral candidates […]
By: Diane Benjamin Village of Downs agenda for tonight: https://media.rainpos.com/1071/MeetingAgenda_2025_03_13.pdf I’ve written many stories about the property on 150 a developers wants to build houses on that will flood Shaddyville. Even though the Zoning Board of Appeals has rejected this project 3 times, it is on the agenda for tonight. I’m sure the opposition will […]
By: Diane Benjamin This road closure announcement is on the County website: https://mcleancountyil.gov/319/Road-Closures-Construction-Map Lexington-LeRoy Rd, (CH21) or N 2600 East Rd between E 600 North Rd & E 800 North Rd, will be closed to through traffic, beginning Monday, March 24, 2025, through Friday, August 15, 2025. For Bridge Replacement. Since this is a road I occasionally use […]
By: Diane Benjamin Alderman Mollie Ward is still waiting for a list of vacant properties, she mentioned it Monday night. One way to find out is properties with the water shut off. Bloomington got cute with my FOIA. This is a list of names with no address where water has been shut off for over […]
