by: Diane Benjamin Mayor Transparency Renner has no clue how capitalism works. He prefers the crony kind. Businesses he wants to exist will, the others can survive on their own, or just die. Renner wants a downtown hotel. He thinks people will want to rent rooms in a downtown that has to be power-washed every […]
by: Diane Benjamin Bloomington Mayors have been spending money trying to revitalize downtown since at least 1986 – that’s when the first TIF district was created. TIF districts provide money for the City to spend however they want – they keep the difference between the current taxes collected on properties and what is collected after […]
by: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington budget process for FY 2015 was a sham. It resulted in 3 new taxes, no time for discussions, and verbal attacks on Alderwoman Stearns just for proposing cuts. Mayor Renner promised an entire year would be spent reviewing the budget for next year. This video is from the April 28, […]
by: Diane Benjamin She is hiding who she is! Her candidacy announcement says she works at the Dorris Law form. There is no mention that she is the daughter of David Dorris, a big player in downtown Bloomington. Is she hiding that fact because daddy is most likely FOR spending YOUR money downtown? Is […]
by: Diane Benjamin If you didn’t look at the 2 applications turned to fill Rob Fazzini’s seat, here’s all you need to know: Diana Hauman – Look at 22. She is fully on board with spending your money downtown. Renner’s agenda. I wonder who she listed as a reference and the City redacted? (section 24) […]
by: Diane Benjamin The Pantagraph has another unsigned Editorial – this one praises the City of Bloomington for passing a Transparency Ordinance. I almost fell off my chair laughing at one of the lines: That’s a promise especially important to media outlets and government watchdog groups that are charged with a “fourth estate” responsibility to […]
by: Diane Benjamin Yesterday Mayor Renner penned a Guest Commentary in the Pantagraph. Unlike the paper’s editorials, he at least signed his name. His first sentence on the revitalization of downtown says volumes: “… has the potential to boost our economic growth for generations to come”. Potential? Renner then quotes a Pantagraph editorial: “Before you […]
by: Diane Benjamin Pantagraph Editorial today: State needs to grow jobs, not spin facts. Who wrote it Pantagraph? Too chicken to say? After getting past the same discussion happening all over Illinois for the past week, (it’s easy to copy the thoughts of others) the Pantagraph finally hits taxes. Iowa and Indiana have lowered taxes […]
by: Diane Benjamin This 5 1/2 minute video sums up how wealth is created. Mayor Renner needs to see it. Government hinders economic development, growth, and wealth creation. Mayor, all your Utopian plans will never succeed downtown.
by: Diane Benjamin The TAXPAYERS of Bloomington have around $4,000,000 invested in a Fire Station on the west side that has NEVER been used. It leaks. The station is fully outfitted, complete with a kitchen. It is being left to decay because the City of Bloomington can’t afford to staff it. The TAXPAYERS of Bloomington […]
by: Diane Benjamin The taxpayers of Bloomington already paid $30,000 for a study of putting a hotel downtown. It didn’t say what Professor Renner wanted, so Monday night the Council will get briefed again at a Committee of the Whole meeting-5:30. http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7039 Renner and Hales will attempt to convince the Council of the great economic […]
