By: Diane Benjamin See yesterday’s story: https://blnnews.com/2026/07/24/are-wglt-and-the-league-of-women-voters-holding-debates-again/ Since their previous lies were easily debunked, the LWV tried again with a new video. It still calls the Save America Act the Save Act. Is truth to difficult? This one features 4 people. First is a lady who has her birth certificate but somehow not her marriage […]
By: Diane Benjamin Who are vote for matters. https://ides.illinois.gov/newsroom/2026/june/five-illinois-metro-areas-add-jobs-over-the-year-in-june.html I’m pretty sure Bloomington means Bloomington-Normal. This report is as of 6/30/26. Unemployment is up .2%. This area lost 900 jobs since last June. The State of Illinois is even worse. Persecuting businesses means they leave (and have). Illinois lost 7,000 jobs in one year and […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is Beirne’s second violation of the County’s Ethics Ordinance. First violation: https://blnnews.com/2026/06/24/abby-scott-and-corey-beirne-failed-the-ethics-test/ The lady who talked Bloomington and Normal into passing the same Ethics Ordinance mentioned the County has previously passed it. Since the County “Search” doesn’t work well, I couldn’t find when they passed it. I think it was in […]
By: Diane Benjamin They have before: . The League of Women Voters claims to be nonpartisan. Want proof the League isn’t? . Read the document: https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-women-voters-strongly-denounces-president-trumps-false-claims This was posted BEFORE the New Jersey governor admitted 6600 illegal aliens were registered to vote and around 400 did vote. Those votes canceled the votes of citizens. The […]
By: Diane Benjamin William Bessler was appointed to complete Krystle Able’s County Board term when she became Normal Township Supervisor. See the original post on her Facebook page. Coping is easier to read than several screenshots: See what Bessler wrote below, his faulty un-American logic starts where the RED is: Homelessness shouldn’t be a crime. […]
By: Diane Benjamin The below is printed in response to State Rep. Brad Halbrook’s reply to Carl Hinshaw of Heyworth. Carl is very knowledgeable about assessed values and is actively challenging the property tax system. FYI: Your assessed values will again be higher, and so will your property tax bill. This is because taxing unrealized […]
By: Diane Benjamin What ideas does Josh have? Keep reading. . Crockett is on the Finance Committee of the Heartland Community College Board. How much have property taxes increased since he was elected? h/t a reader: How do I know Joshua Crockett will raise your property taxes? Because he did as a Heartland Community College […]
By: Diane Benjamin I was contacted this morning by a reader who couldn’t find Lexington financial data and TIF reports on the Comptroller’s website. Local data is difficult to find, it’s even harder when this message appears: . No reports for THREE years? There is a phone number right on the Comptroller’s website: 800-877-8078. Turns […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you love acronyms. this meeting was for you! Start with BHCC – Behavioral Health Coordinating Council. This is the independent group that is not subject to FOIA or the Open Meetings Act. See their website here: https://www.mcleanbhcc.com/#members BHCC is the “experts” who determine the best use of the sales tax dollars […]
Home Sweet Home Mission wants Normal to pull this. I bet it happens. Approving Trail East and West construction could be interesting. Just not to me. By: Diane Benjamin Decisions, decisions. Watch Bloomington at 6:00 and Normal at 7:00? Normal thinks they can regulate the homeless out of Uptown Station: See PDF page 78: https://www.normalil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/5641 […]
By: Diane Benjamin h/t a reader Remember the Power Couples: . Every person in this photo voted to raise your property taxes last year. Two County, two City of Bloomington. Corey Beirne wants 4 more years: . Beirne and his power couple wife, Abby Scott, made McLean County less affordable by taking more of your […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember this? . The Democratic Socialists of America have a new platform: https://program.dsausa.org/ Everything below in BOLD are direct quotes from the website. Private property won’t exist. You will live in housing provided by government. You will never get bills for anything because government provides everything. You can take off work whenever […]
By: Diane Benjamin This County Board meeting took place 5/14/2026. 3 Board members didn’t attend – Ziebarth(R), Cline(D), Farley(D). All 3 will be on the on November ballot. The members present spent close to 36 minutes debating their salaries. The motion on the floor was to go from $4900 a year to $6400. Since the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Media is reporting Perez threatened a public official – as in eat him alive. Nice guy. I have reason to be believe he is here illegally. Of course law enforcement can’t hand him over to ICE since the Illinois ruling party want to keep every illegal, even violent ones. Evidently law enforcement […]
By: Diane Benjamin Sick of listening to politicians who want your vote this November? You still have 3 1/2 more months of trying to decipher lies from truth. If you blindly believe rhetoric the truth doesn’t matter. Remember the local elections few people bother to vote in? That election is April 6th of 2027 – […]
By: Diane Benjamin Nobody cared when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were deporting illegals. Everyone agreed legal immigration was good, border chaos was bad. Suddenly the progressive ruling class in Illinois pays illegals to come here and charging taxpayers for their care. ICE actually does the job outlined in the law passed by both parties […]
By: Diane Benjamin See that “non-partisan” right in the title? https://bloomingtonelectionsil.gov/about-us These are the 3 commissioners: . Does anyone think Diana Hauman is going to make a non-partisan ruling if there is a ballot dispute between Kevin Lower and Jennifer Brown when she is openly rooting for the Democrat? Can she be non-partisan in ANY […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Does Corey Beirne know it is illegal to ban people from seeing and commenting on his re-election page? Evidently he doesn’t want to hear comments contrary to what he believes. Start by reading the 1st Amendment Corey. 2) https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-separation-movement-continues-with-7-more-counties-set-to-vote/3958136 Quote: Nearly one-third of Illinois’ counties have voted to potentially explore creating […]
By: Diane Benjamin Unit 5 video of the June 23 School Board meeting: https://vimeo.com/event/5178329 The sound is horrible as is the camera angle. I wanted to see if parents of Chiddix students would show up in light of the teacher arrests and investigations. Evidently they didn’t. I did hear Superintendent Weikle’s comments. At 1:03:30 she […]
By: Diane Benjamin Rep Eric Sorensen put this on his Facebook page after the Supreme Court decision. It sure looks like he agrees with the NAACP statement he also posted. Facebook comments weren’t kind to him, it even appears he backed off. Democrats want an Equality Act? Have they read the Declaration of Independence? We […]
By: Diane Benjamin Democrats have very few “moderates” left in the party. Democratic Socialists have taken over. Democratic only means they win an election, they still believe in socialism that has never worked anywhere in the world. It’s about power and only power. Study history if you don’t know that. Socialism touts equality which means […]
By: Diane Benjamin All of the campaign contributions below were made by the same person. Yes, I asked the person by email if all of these are legitimate. Of course I didn’t receive a response – no surprise. Eventually I will be revealing who it is. Meanwhile, if you have ever made a contribution via […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) A Facebook group exists called No Data Centers Bloomington-Normal. I was not allow to post a comment which means this group doesn’t bother with facts. My comment pertained to newer technology called Closed Loop which means a huge water supply isn’t needed. Water used to cool keeps circulating and doesn’t need […]
By: Diane Benjamin See the Normal Township Agendas here: https://normaltownship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/march-19th-26-meeting-of-normal-township-board-5.pdf Now see January and February agendas: . It used to be possible to watch board meetings from the comfort of your home. See the Zoom link? In March and every meeting since the Zoom Link is not longer an option! . In other words, Krystle […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Code of Ethics was just passed on May 26, 2026 by the Bloomington city Council. Less than 1 month ago. Monday night Abby Scott violated it. I suspect she will again at the July Committee of the Whole meeting where her lack of respect for fellow alderman Sheila Montney will likely […]
h/t a reader See previous story: https://blnnews.com/2026/06/23/20-minute-bloomington-meeting-without-abby-scott/ Obviously the facts presented at the meeting and in the above story are immaterial if you govern as child. McLean County voters in District 10 can rid themselves of this menace in November. Break up the “power couple” gang. See below. Both Beirne and Scott raised your property […]
By: Diane Benjamin Illinois only has 3 Republicans representing US House districts because the State is HEAVILY gerrymandered. 14 seats belong to Democrats. Statewide Trump received around 44% of the vote in 2024. Obviously only 3 seats doesn’t reflect that vote. If it was up to Indivisible, Illinois would have no Republicans in the House. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I wonder if Abby Scott uses the same tone at home with her husband Corey Beirne? Ward 9 needs to see who those who bothered to vote chose. Some members of the Council are still hurting over Sheila Montney being appointed to Behavioral Health Coordinating Council to represent the City of Bloomington […]
By: Diane Benjamin In case you have never heard of or read them: https://1776history.com/2022/05/31/communisms-45-goals-for-america/ Have you seen Obama’s new library? . Does this explain it? . A few other choice picks of the 45 explain a lot about what has happened to America. The enemy was within:
By: Diane Benjamin The first story was published by WGLT on May 15, 2026. Quote: ISU student deposits are down 8% compared to last year. Of course they are jumping throw a lot of hoops, including paying students to attend (scholarships) to entice students. https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-05-15/isu-student-deposits-drop-as-enrollment-cliff-arrives Obviously the birth rate is down which means fewer high […]
By: Diane Benjamin Electing progressives for decades in Normal means spending is thrown at wants, like the vanity underpass, while spending on essential services isn’t sufficient. How many EMS calls does Bloomington have to cover because Normal expanded service without adding personnel? https://blnnews.com/2025/12/11/where-does-normals-ems-revenue-go/ Does someone in Normal have to die because the facts as laid […]
By: Diane Benjamin Is Ameren having trouble keeping the power on? Or, is it just the reader who told me there have been 4 outages in the last 6 days totalling around 9 hours? Is everyone local back on yet just in time for more storms? How’s Net Zero working for you? Meanwhile Corn Belt […]
By: Diane Benjamin I usually post excerpts from interesting stories. This time you get one: AI is coming for manufacturing jobs, and America isn’t ready This entire story needs to be read: https://www.inc.com/abigail-bassett/rivian-ceo-rj-scaringe-warns-that-the-u-s-isnt-prepared-for-ais-impact-on-this-1-type-of-job/91361126 READ to the bottom!
By: Diane Benjamin Notable items from last night’s Bloomington Committee of the Whole meeting: City Manager Jeff Jurgens stated Bloomington is a growing city. From US Census website: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bloomingtoncityillinois/PST045224 . Jurgens also stated the City has 100 year old water mains and they leak. He knows they are behind replacing them. Lesson for voters (those […]
By: Diane Benjamin Both Bloomington and Normal played granny state and opted people into their electric aggregation program. Now we know the rate this year is higher than Ameren, people can opt out by contacting Ameren. Citizens are forced to fix government blunders or pay more money. Most will never get that message. The below […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you haven’t figured out the McLean County League of Women Voters has no values, look at their Facebook page or the national organization website they mimic. This one is my favorite, they are upset the Department of Justice has proof the Southern Poverty Law Center funded organization like the KKK to […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Both Bloomington and Normal opted every household into electric aggregation. Now we know if everyone doesn’t opt out they will be paying more for electicity. The right thing to do is opt everyone out! Will government do it? Everyone affected will never hear they need to opt out. 2) Executive Session […]
Unit 5 is paying the 6% to encourage employees to retire. To qualify teacher’s have to be eligible under the Teacher’s Retirement System rules and have 10 years working for Unit 5. Remember when there was a teacher’s shortage? It’s brilliant to encourage experienced teachers to retire. I still have no explanation for all the […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) For the first time I can remember, the Ecology Action Center has recommended opting out of electric aggregation because you will be paying more if you don’t. This applies to Bloomington and Normal. https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-05-27/ecology-action-center-recommends-opting-out-of-electricity-aggregation-this-year I don’t know if it is too late to opt out, see this Bloomington link: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/community/municipal-electric-aggregation Normal: […]
By: Diane Benjamin In the land of Progressia, the ruling faction had a problem. Their grand policies kept producing the opposite of what they promised: taxes that crushed working families, cities where shoplifting became a protected lifestyle, borders that functioned more like welcome mats, and schools more focused on gender ideology than reading. Energy prices […]
