By: Diane Benjamin
McLean County Board District 10 has a clear choice:
A fireman who saves lives – Matt Steinkoenig
or an elementary school music who throws sex ed into the curriculum – Corey Beirne
This link will take you to a ton of Beirne stories: https://blnnews.com/?s=Corey+Beirne
This one is the biggest lie he’s told so far:
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Try making a statement he doesn’t like on his official County Board Facebook page and then watch what happens. You will be illegally blocked since the Constitutional Right to address grievances with elected officials doesn’t matter to Corey.
Here’s more examples, you be the judge of whether he’s just another partisan hack or not. Did you see his long run of illegal campaign signs on Fort Jesse? Winning is all that matters – at any cost. Don’t forget he raised your property taxes for next year while covering it up by stating the rate will be lower. Big lie from Corey there!
To be fair you have been on this guy for years and have called him every name in the book. You’re also doing exactly what he says you’re doing by mining his page for content.
People send me stuff. He’s unfit to be around kids and government.
As much as Beirne doesn’t like it, using his own words to expose his hypocrisy is fair.
I don’t like this guy either but you’ve been accusing him of weird sex stuff for a long time and it just seems desperate. Is that really all you’ve got? He’s actually doing stuff for the community and knows the job he’s in. I’m pretty sure he voted with all the republicans for those budgets too. Matt seems like a nice guy but he doesn’t say anything. What’s he going to do that’s better? His interviews are terrible and there’s no specifics on his mailers. Beirne actually gets stuff done. I’ve seen him twice out in my neighborhood and he actually helped us during the storms.
If you like liars he’s your guy!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ytZ2fhuj6kA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUo2SLo7nU&pp=ygUPSSBhbSBqYXp6IGJvb2sg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxv20WMrKJA&pp=ygUhaXQgZmVlbHMgZ29vZCB0byBiZSB5b3Vyc2VsZiBib29r
These are the books Corey says he has on the shelves for his kindergarten-5th grade students.
Matt Steinkoenig is a doer, not a bragger. Back when the storms were bad and trees were toppled over, Matt worked for a couple hours with a chainsaw to clear out a HUGE tree that had fallen in front of a neighbor’s house on Winchester, blocking their entire front yard and driveway. Then he went across the street for another hour to help a gentleman cut up his tree in the backyard and bring the branches and trunk peices to the curb. Matt also helped people get large branches to the curb because the City’s front loader and dump trucks were coming down the street. Beirne bragged on FB about helping his neighbors who had some small branches fall down, while Matt did the real work.
Matt remained humble and didn’t announce it because he did it for the people and not for publicity or political gain. Matt is not a politician. Matt is respectful, responsible, and committed to the community.
Corey literally brags about how he is an elementary school LGBTQ+ affirming teacher. It’s just creepy.
Corey is also helping to raise everyone’s taxes by 25% to get this “neighborhood water infrastructure” updated by the BNWRD. A tiny neighborhood that literally refused to pay for their private water bills for decades, resulting in their private well not having the funds available to upgrade their system and directly causing their ” issues” . Now you and me are getting a hefty tax hike to bailout this group of lame losers who are passing the buck to everyone else to make up for their negligence and dishonesty.
That is Corey’s legacy.
So yeah, I’m one of those “lame losers” and your ignorance is showing. I do pay my bill and my water is still crap. I can’t even give it to my dogs.
Beirne has been the only one to call it out, get some help, and get some action I don’t know what you vote for but I vote for people who actually help.
I’ll ask again, what is Steinkoenig going to do differently, or is he just going to call us names too?
If you’re not just completely lying, why not call his bluff and have him arrested? Is it because you’re just making this all up?
Who didn’t respond?
Oh so you are the scum who is responsible for raising my property taxes. Screw you and your terrible neighborhood which collectively refuse to pay their way, and now righteously demand everyone else to pay more to bail them out of their loser irresponsibility. You voluntarily bought a house in a private water district,no one forced you to buy there, but because most of your neighbors refused to pay for the water they used for free, for years, you now are forcing everyone else to give you our hard earned money. You are a terrible human being. You are the problem.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-23/residents-of-an-east-bloomington-enclave-live-without-reliable-quality-water
Beirne did not get some action done in Colonial Meadows. Things were already rolling. Beirne is just taking credit and it was all a show for the election . Can you show me where Matt Steinkoenig was calling people, including future constituents names? Corey has a consistent pattern of disrespect and illegal behavior towards Republicans. He has a 4-year proven record of sharing falsehoods, misrepresentations, and deception.
What will Matt do? 2+2=he has first hand experience with the mental health crisis this community is facing. 20 years of community care. Don’t mistake humbleness for inaction. Serving the community is second nature to him. He doesn’t need to brag about it.
Cory and his wife Abby Scott, Alderman Ward 9 are dishonest & vile individuals. They are proud of their misrepresentations and bullying.
I’ve interacted with both Cory & Matt. Cory blames and attacks the Republicans on the Board. I see Matt as more of a team player.
The photo with LaHood was taken during the One Voice trip to Washington, DC, paid for by tax dollars.
Haha that’s cute. No wonder the local Rs can’t win with you ignorant clowns.
Gonna go vote for the guy who gets stuff done. Good luck with the guy who doesn’t stand for anything.
Saving lives is vital, indoctrination in schools is disgusting
We should see if Cory has an MD to be to be speaking like this! I looked him up and he doesn’t!! He’s a phony MD. I will call the police and REPORT him
Go figure this has nothing to do with party politics, indoctrination to an unnatural lifestyle by a person that teaches children is what it’s about. And for those of you who feel that the best thing to do is just ignore it how sad . Great job Diane with at least keeping those of us who really care informed.
I’m going to vote for the guy I would feel comfortable talking to. I’ll vote for someone that doesn’t have an ax to grind and doesn’t start calling people childish names when they ask him a question he doesn’t want to answer. I’ll vote for someone that doesn’t continually bring national politics into local government topics or feels it is his duty to post political hit pieces about other politicians on his social media.
I won’t vote for someone whose favorite tactic is to label and blame his constituency rather than listen and discuss. I won’t vote for someone that thinks it is appropriate to bring sexual issues into the grade school classroom or thinks it’s cute when his grade-schoolers use his collective bargaining training to impose their will on the teacher. I won’t vote for someone that has stated he wants to implement DEI/CRT training on the county board because he disagrees with one member.
It is time we had an adult representing us in D10 McLean County
Reality Check : In Mclean County , the majority of the elected leaders are Progressive Socialists & LBGTQIA+. Majority of boards and commissions are almost there.
The Voters actively chose these ideological activists to lead our community or they would not get elected. Regular NPC/normie employed families have almost no voice in local city or county government .
And that is EXACTLY the way Springfield wants it.
Eyepatch-
1. what does sexual orientation have to do with anything? Is there a race going on to convert local politics into a kind of sexual activism? Is this the purpose of our local politics? If it is, what is the end goal?
2. What do you mean – this is the way Springfield wants it?
One could say that this is what voters want but when only 20% of those eligible to vote locally do so this is what you get. One could say this what the community wants as 80% of eligible voters don’t bother to vote in local elections so do they agree with the lgbtq community taking over local politics? You get what you ignore, high taxes going higher and no control over what goes on in your schools. One can only hope that citizens open their eyes and stop the unnatural leadership from increasing.
Aside from the Crockett for Clerk race , re/ electing Corey Beirne to the county board is a must win contest for the local Democrats.