By: Diane Benjamin
A guy spoke at 27:00 about data centers and sounded a lot like Zach Gittrich. Stay tuned for an update on him next. The ballot questions were non-binding, both must have missed that part. If either doesn’t get their way, both might throw a tantrum. Progressives!
How can anyone forget the unhinged rant by Abby Scott last June directed at Sheila Montney? https://blnnews.com/2026/06/23/20-minute-bloomington-meeting-without-abby-scott/
Monday night was Abby round 2.
The reappointment of Sheila to the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council and Mental Health (BHCC) and Public Safety Fund Advisory Council (FAC) was on the Consent Agenda. Scott pulled it for further discussion. Note: Advisory is in the name.
She went on another disconnected from reality rant about guns and mental health like Sheila should have solved that problem by now. I can’t wait for the annual report from the Mollie Ward inspired group, Commission for Safe Communities. Have they solved gun violence? Is the point to get mental health dollars allotted to a commission that didn’t keep the Wesleyan shooting from happening? Abby?
After all the Abby venting, Mayor Brady had his say. Surprise! Even after her June diatribe and all the time since no one else from the Council spoke to him about getting the appointment. He therefore asked Sheila to take the reappointment. She agreed to continue even though it has taken a lot of her time. It got even funnier when Abby was joined by three other Council members who didn’t say a word before voting no. Actually all 4 couldn’t be appointed because they all have conflicts of interest. 2 are married to either the chair or vice-chair of the County Health Committee and the other 2 are recipients of mental health dollars through their jobs. https://mcleancountyil.gov/993/Health-Committee
What was the point of a NO vote children? Nobody else said they wanted the job, nobody mentioned an alternative, were you just throwing a tantrum?
Just hit Play to hear Scott, Brady, and a response from Montney:
Scott obviously has a bone to pick with Sheila Montney. It is obviously frustrating for Abby when Sheila gives her a cracker and tells her to go away.
Sheila isn’t a progressive, the other 4 are.
The voting pattern is the same as when Sheila was first appointed.
Abby’s comments are her opinion of how she wants BHCC to function, not the fact of how it is to function. Abby, do your homework to prevent making a fool of yourself.