$1,723,690 in Bloomington Past Due Water Bills

By: Diane Benjamin How many water projects are you paying for because these people aren’t paying? As of 3/27/2025 Bloomington had $1,723,690 in past due water bills. This information was received by FOIA. The top offenders are below – there are interesting names among them. See if you can find them. At least one person […]

Update to the DEADBEAT list

By: Diane Benjamin Update to this story from yesterday: https://blnnews.com/2024/11/18/4-deadbeat-elected-officials-and-2-others/ I hope everyone appreciates the gravity of having elected officials who think laws don’t apply to them. The State Board of Elections has notified all the people mentioned and they chose to ignore those letters. This morning I sent a FOIA request to SBE for […]

4 deadbeat elected officials and 2 others

See update: https://blnnews.com/2024/11/19/update-to-the-deadbeat-list/ By: Diane Benjamin A list of political committees with unpaid fines was released by the State Board of Elections. The people on this list are barred from being on future ballots. From SBE: 10 ILCS 5/9-30.  Ballot forfeiture.  The State Board of Elections shall not certify the name of any person who […]