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 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 […]
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 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 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 […]
. If you were born in this country, you have inherited the Golden Door — a powerful invitation to create the extraordinary life you dream of. This ‘Golden Door’ comes from the immortal poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, a beacon of hope that still calls to every soul yearning for freedom and opportunity. […]
By: Diane Benjamin In April Connect Transit had 236,419 riders and LOST $1,817,763.25. In May Connect Transit had 164,712 riders and LOST $1,513,145.08. Riders decreased by 30.33%. Operating losses decreased by 16.76% with fewer riders. Moral of the story: Quit trying to increase ridership since all that means is losing more money. Since CT has […]
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 https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/departments/administration/procurement-diversity-initiative This policy is also called: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion DEI policies discriminate against white male owned qualified businesses to promote others that may or may not be qualified to do the job. If “oppressed status” is claimed, the City of Bloomington prefers to award contracts to you. Contracting with companies with […]
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 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 Did you know 300,000 unaccompanied minors are still missing? The guy in charge of making sure they were safely placed was Xavier Becerra, Biden’s head of Health and Human Services and current finalist for California governor. He lost track of them. ICE has located about 145,000. Some of them were sex trafficked. […]
The below was posted on X by Mike Netter who is running for State Senator in California. This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who’s in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspective. My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us! I’m […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
By: Diane Benjamin The McLean County Regional Planning Commission is planning for 2045. This is the same group that wanted an eastside bypass a few years ago. If you don’t know who is runs these “planners”, see the Board members here: https://mcplan.org/about-us/about-mcrpc/the-commission What this unelected Commission reports is considered gold to Bloomington, Normal, and all […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember when Sonny Garcia called for a special meeting of the Bloomington Township to get this on the ballot: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/15/want-to-see-the-petition-signers/ That effort failed because citizens of Bloomington Township outnumbered his ilk. Time for Bloomington Township voters to do it again! This time the organizer is Zach Gittrich who appears frequently around town. […]
By: Diane Benjamin The below is always on the Agenda for the start of County Board meetings. Members take turns: According to Merriam-Webster.com. the definition of Invocation is: . Calling on a higher power didn’t happen at last Thursday’s meeting. Member Val Laymon demanded everyone participate in deep breathing. If you run into Val, ask […]
By: Diane Benjamin In Illinois you can’t have a nice home without being taxed into selling and leaving the state. This house in NOT in Hawthorne Hills, homes there are even worse: This is an increase of 42% in 10 years. The people most responsible are elected in local elections few bother to vote in. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Illinois has WAY to many units of government with no one watching what they are doing. Just look at your property tax bill, it shows all the taxing bodies where no one from the public attends meetings. Nothing happens at these meetings by chance. Projects often take years. Thanks to a local […]
By: Diane Benjamin The League of Women Voters is conducting a survey aimed at creating a Commission like the Bloomington Election Commission is handle all elections in McLean County. They want to take the responsibility away from the elected County Clerk and hand it to unelected bureaucrats that CAN NOT be held accountable by voters. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Filing a Statement of Economic Interest is required by law to reveal conflicts of interest. Evidently the fines of $100 a day don’t start the day filing is past due. Fines should start immediately to cover the cost of Certified Mail and the staff time it takes to process mailings. Filing was […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Diana Hauman made a drive-by comment to me as she left the data center meeting. She thinks I need to know more about the League of Women Voters before writing about them. I spontaneously burst out laughing! I’ve been writing about the LWV since 2013. See every story at this link: […]
