By: Diane Benjamin

I found this while looking for who went on the One Voice trip to Washington DC:

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The Lorenz donation was a pass-thru from someone who wanted to remain anonymous, it wasn’t from the Republican Party. Smart? Nope.

Bloomington is beholding to the Democrat Party thanks to Cody Hendricks and Jenna Kearns. Nobody said anything about their partisan campaigns that violated City Code. Local elections in Bloomington can’t be called nonpartisan when candidates openly campaign as partisan and face no consequences: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/25/cody-hendricks-chief-cheater/

Next year’s local elections will have openly partisan candidates since now it’s okay.

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Who went on this year’s One Voice trip is a secret.

The BNEDU website didn’t listed anyone and neither did this WGLT story: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-17/infrastructure-and-workforce-dominate-one-voice-trip-requests-for-federal-funding

The delegation will include city, town and county leaders, labor unions, educational institutions, and business representatives. That diversity is supposed to show federal agencies and lawmakers that the community is united in voicing its top priorities.

Chris Koos, Kevin McCarthy, and Karen Smith weren’t at the Normal Town Council meeting last night. The only way to know who went is if a group picture appears like in the past.

Why the secrecy? If they are really working for us, shouldn’t we know who went? Below is their agenda for the trip: