By: Diane Benjamin Email to Kevin Gerrard concerning the ethics investigation of Nikita Richards: So the City is hiring an independent law firm to investigate the obvious. If Nikita isn’t fired they can blame the law firm. If Nikita is fired they can blame the law firm. If the investigation takes months they can blame […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Village of Downs has this paragraph in their City Code: PDF page 10: https://media.rainpos.com/1071/01071201807310321435182.pdf What a great racket! I wonder why Bloomington and Normal don’t write ordinance violations instead of speeding tickets. They could make a fortune keeping all the money for themselves! They don’t do it because it isn’t legal. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I attended the Atlanta Public Library Board meeting last night. One thing is clear, the Board needs replaced and every vestige of Bill Thomas needs eliminated. Keep in mind, the crowd opposing this board stopped them from paying Bill Thomas (BOARD MEMBER) $200,000 for Union Hall. The have every right to watch […]
By: Diane Benjamin Just a few choice picks from Bills and Payroll for approval on Monday: http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=20012 From previous story: https://blnnews.com/2018/09/20/international-infamy-bloomington/ Tim Gleason is going to the ICMA conference in Baltimore This looks like a FOIA: One month of legal cost sent to Springfield: . . . . . . . . . […]
By: Diane Benjamin I been on the ICMA email list for years. ICMA is INTERNATIONAL CITY/COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. This is the place for managers who think government solves problems. All it takes is money, of course yours. The daily email is a summary of what government is up to, mostly around the country, but also internationally. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I found this payment to the company that did the study: If this was the only payment, the City of Bloomington still got ripped off. The report they received is a worthless 9 pages. See the report here: 2017 Hay Results From PDF page 6 – Executive Salaries: This is a special […]
The stay issued by Judge Casey is still in place. Mikey will not be leaving Massachusetts. It will stay in affect until appeals are heard. This is a copy of the judge’s ruling: 2018-09-18 – Decision Judge Cronan Bottom line is he decided Mikey is in no danger right now. Duh. The danger is if […]
