By: Diane Benjamin
Luckily Alderman won’t be voting on the Middle Missing Housing report tonight, Committee of the Whole is meant to assess policy. It will reveal who believes government solves problems and who knows they don’t however.
The Bloomington City Council has approved MANY housing projects, almost all have ZERO action from developers.
The problem isn’t zoning! Interest rates and the ability to get loans is the problem. Those are problems that will work themselves out over time if the Council doesn’t interfere. I strongly suggest watching tonight’s meeting on YouTube at 6:00. Citizens have no idea who their alderman really is until they hear them for themselves.
I anticipate many quotable moments tonight both in Public Comment and by aldermen.
“Walkable” and “Vehicle Free Zones” might work downtown. Most residents don’t live downtown and won’t be walking anywhere except for exercise.
Who wants to carry a cart full of groceries walking home? Who has time to grocery shop numerous times a week because they can’t carry that full cart home?
Maybe all the aldermen who will be supporting the plan are willing to pay more to have groceries delivered. (by vehicle!)
Maybe their superiority complex is making them believe they are solving problems by adopting policies from the failed State of California. Since Illinois is also a failed state, maybe the shoe fits.
As a normal resident, I’m not allowed to speak. Last time I went to a Bloomington City Council meeting, without that orange or pink slip you’re told to sit down. Even if you own a business in Bloomington. So it’s useless.
The city council in Bloomington doesn’t really ever fix anything. A manager could disperse the funds. These aldermen are up there for one big popularity contest.
They don’t “represent”, they rule the city by their own self interests and “unofficial” parties mandates. Otherwise, their wouldn’t be bike trails everywhere, the roads would be better for commerce and transportation, sewers and water lines would be modernized, and not on the verge of catastrophic collapse, public and private ventures wouldn’t exist like the coliseum, and tax’s would be reduced to a reality figure for Illinois and not higher then California or New York.
Anyone can speak. Sign up by email or show up more that 15 minutes in advance