By: Diane Benjamin

Agenda: https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1021/files/agenda/6725

Justin Boyd is getting a Proclamation for serving 9 years on the Planning Commission. The documentation doesn’t say if he’s leaving or if he’s just being celebrated. My question: Is Bloomington better now because of his ‘Planning” than it was 9 years ago?

Guess what’s back!

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TEN YEARS ago Not In Our Town tried to bully Bloomington Council members into signing their pledge: https://blnnews.com/2015/07/01/niot-hiding-again/

Who is the biggest BULLY on the Bloomington City Council? Mollie Ward.

At the August 18th meeting Ward tried to claim the Missing Middle Housing discussion was illegally tabled indefinitely. She was wrong: https://blnnews.com/2015/07/01/niot-hiding-again/

At the July 28th Council meeting she vilified Republican County Board members, she was wrong about this one too: https://blnnews.com/2025/07/29/hijacked-vote-in-bloomington/

Mollie Ward has a LONG history of being a bully. She is incapable of having discussions or seeing other viewpoints. Guess who is on the Not In Our Town Steering Committee? (page down: https://niotbn.squarespace.com/how-far-weve-come)

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The “Pledge” is only meant to silence speech people like Mollie Ward don’t agree with. Of course she is free to bully those with opinions she doesn’t want people to hear.

Expect Mike Matejka and/or other activists at Public Comment. Expect another diatribe from Mollie Ward. Will she mention she’s a NIOT insider?

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This is on the Consent Agenda:

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Are police now expected to be social workers? Since Bloomington voted to suspend payments to the County for mental health, is this supposed to replace what the County is doing? Why 3 years? I question ANY years, but maybe TRY it for a year instead of THREE?

Isn’t this cute? https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/31681

Yes, pension spiking is still happening. SLBB is Sick Leave Buy Back.