By: Diane Benjamin Someday when I have time I’m going to look for my ISU graduation certificate so I can burn it. It has to do with stories like this: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-14/isu-scholar-expects-birthright-citizenship-will-be-upheld-after-confusion-and-harm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Missing from the story is the background of why the 14th Amendment was passed. It’s not easy to add an amendment, so why it […]
By: Diane Benjamin Does anyone truly believe a consultant from California can offer advice to Bloomington on missing “middle housing”? Many people can no longer afford homes in California. I will only care about what Opticos Design says after they solve California’s housing problems where they are located. https://blnnews.com/2025/05/28/bloomington-part-2-missing-middle-housing/ Computers are rapidly becoming over 100 […]
By: Diane Benjamin The country is a dirty place. My vehicle parked in the garage with no doors open gets covered with fine dirt. Tilling and planting creates blowing dirt, harvesting does too. Sometimes it gets really bad – May 16, 2025 filmed looking out my garage door window: . Did you know dirty solar […]
By: Diane Benjamin Attacks on ICE agents, including shooting them, is up 700%. Is this guy instigating the same attacks on law enforcement personnel here? The job of ICE is to enforce federal law. Looks like Sonny needs investigated. . His girlfriend “liked” his post and then posted this: . Laws are immaterial to these […]
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C. Steven Tucker has worked in the health insurance industry for many years. The entire story has to be read to understand Medicaid. Excerpts: Firstly, the OBBBA reduces Medicaid spending by about $1 Trillion over the next ten years. That seems like a lot but not when compared to the $1.9. Trillion the federal government spent on health care […]
By: Diane Benjamin Do people making laws, like completely eliminating fossil fuels by 2025, ever bother with facts? Wind turbines don’t work without fossil fuels. If the goal was to decrease the temperature, solar farms aren’t the answer. They actually increase the temperature. This link is highly scientific, like using photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy production […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is a great story for Independence Day: I’m Finally Hanging My American Flag (hint: read that link – I can tell how many do!) Growing up, I was taught to dislike the American flag and all that it represented. This year, for the first time, I hung one outside my house. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I don’t know how this group, including both City Managers, sits in a room and thinks any of this is an efficient use of tax dollars. Connect Transit held a Board Meeting on June 24th. See 2:30 on the video below. CT built a gravel lot to park all the buses that […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you have swallowed “Climate Change” propaganda, you aren’t looking at facts. Try this one: . Prefer a list? Here it is, a few states don’t match because the above is newer than this list: https://www.factmonster.com/math-science/weather/record-highest-temperatures-by-state In case you forgot, remember when another Ice Age was imminent because of global cooling? When […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is the first post of what might be many. The County and Tri-Valley are only seeing dollar signs. Tri-Valley will get used to the property tax increases and then, as the farm depreciates which decreases property values, district taxpayers will be taxed more. The same thing happened with wind turbines. Will […]
By: Diane benjamin McLean isn’t the only County, they are one of 62 being sued for selling property seized for non-payment of property taxes. The Edgar County Watchdogs reported the story: https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/06/62-counties-clerks-and-treasures-named-in-lawusit-filed-in-federal-court-alleged-property-tax-sale-violations “The Fifth Amendment to the United State Constitution bars the State of Illinois, or any county therein, from seizing property from its owners […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) See all Boards and Commission here along with a link to apply: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/government/boards-commissions Some diversity and new blood on Boards and Commission is badly needed. 2) I recently looked up a house that just went under contract. This was on Redfin, progressives want you to be too afraid of the weather […]
By: Diane Benjamin Connect Transit owns a property they don’t need in downtown Bloomington – PIN #21-04-389-006. Connect held a special meeting on June 13th. This information is from the packet for that meeting: https://connect-transit.com/file/3675/06%2013%202025_BoT_Special%20Meeting%20Packet.pdf Connect Transit’s Oakland Avenue property is the former site of Connect Transit’s operations and maintenance facility prior to our current […]
By: Diane Benjamin What is government speak? It’s elected officials or staff who use terms you’ve never heard of before. One example: Road Diet That one was big a few years ago. It means narrowing the roads to slow down traffic. East Washington was put on a road diet so bike lanes could be added. […]
Part 1: https://blnnews.com/2025/06/18/olympia-school-district-facts-part-1/ By: Diane Benjamin The Olympia Schools superintendent sent 2 emails about the property tax error: . From Part 1 – enrollment is decreasing. According to this story the District has been deficit spending for a decade: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-21/olympia-school-district-frustrated-by-error-that-led-to-incorrect-mclean-county-tax-bills With 110 fewer students since 2018, why do they have deficits? According to Illinois Report […]
Part 2: https://blnnews.com/2025/06/18/olympia-schools-district-facts-part-2/ By: Diane Benjamin This story has facts needed for the NEXT story. If you want the best possible chance of fleecing taxpayers you put a referendum to increase taxes on the Primary ballot where few people bother to vote. The Mclean County schools did that on April 1st to get a 1% […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Biden illegals are dangerous because they weren’t vetted. Estimated are 500,000 have criminal warrants or convictions in the country they came from. Illegals weren’t given health exams. They weren’t forced to take the COVID vaccine like many citizens were, many have no vaccinations. Why does the left want to keep everyone […]
By: Diane Benjamin Federal law explicitly states that obstructing or otherwise interfering with an ICE arrest is a crime, and anyone involved can be subject to prosecution under federal law, including 18 U.S.C. § 111 for assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer and 18 U.S.C. § 1546 for using fake documents to enter or […]
Since many people have asked me what happened to Cat, I asked her to write an explanation. This is it! I left Cities 92.9 because management and I did not see eye-to-eye at all. However, God has been tapping on my shoulder to start my own podcast and media company for quite some time. I […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is the new list of people being prosecuted by the City of Bloomington for breaking City Code: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showdocument?id=28541&t=638139539977443234 . Note your elected officials who violated the same code are not on this list. The next consolidated election will be extremely partisan because there are no penalties for violating that part of […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember when media reported Olympia tax bills were wrong? https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-21/olympia-school-district-frustrated-by-error-that-led-to-incorrect-mclean-county-tax-bills It wasn’t just Olympia. Ridgeview bills are wrong too. I called the McLean County Treasurer’s office to verify. Corrected bills will be sent out for the SECOND payment. It will be higher than the first payment which is due tomorrow. h/t a […]
By: Diane Benjamin Below are the property taxes assessed on farmland in McLean County. This is a small parcel – 45.63 acres. Also shown is the percentage increase over various 5 year time frames: See this website for historical prices of corn and soybeans: https://www.fcsamerica.com/insurance/resources/crop-price-history Corn: . Soybeans: . One thing is clear: Taxes only […]
By: Diane Benjamin Before enrolling in college the first question that should be asked is: Can the accumulated debt be paid back with my chosen major? Unless public schools are hiring, who is going to welcome recent grads with this degree: https://illinoiseagle.com/2025/05/29/isu-establishes-queer-studies-certificate/ Illinois State University (ISU) launched an undergraduate queer studies certificate this month. The […]
By: Diane Benjamin The new Illinois budget gives Sharon Chung a $7,000 a year raise. $98,000 a year for a part-time job. Public Schools are lowering the standards so testing looks better. Illegals get free healthcare. Socialists lie. You get what you vote for. In case you forgot who Biss is: https://blnnews.com/2017/09/05/tari-still-supporting-biss/ . This is […]
By: Diane Benjamin Gas price yesterday at a Mobile station in Belvidere Il: . Gas price yesterday at a Mobile station 20 miles north in Clinton Wisconsin: . Illinois motor fuel tax now: 47 cents a gallon Wisconsin motor fuel tax now: 30.9 cents a gallon. The difference is 17.9 cents per gallon. The price […]
By: Diane Benjamin The only way be certain only legal voters are registered is to require the return of something. The County doesn’t do any verification. Every time new card are sent out I hear people say I got one for someone who doesn’t live here. Most of the time it gets thrown away. That […]
By: Diane Benjamin When free money is handed to you there is no incentive to care about how it’s spent. Are any of the huge electric buses Connect spent at least $16 million on running? Now that Connect wants to expand Flex service, they need more vehicles. PDF page 22 https://connect-transit.com/file/3569/05%2027%202025_BoT%20Meeting%20Packet.pdf Yes taxpayers, they are […]
By: Diane Benjamin Finding any information on this organization is next to impossible. They don’t post meeting minutes on their website. I’m told they don’t want other cities to see what they do and steal ideas. The public can attend meetings, probably nobody does. Meanwhile, Bloomington has their own economic development department and they own […]
By: Diane Benjamin WGLT headline: Regional Planning Commission helps conduct the first Illinois high-speed rail feasibility study https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-20/regional-planning-commission-helps-conduct-the-first-illinois-high-speed-rail-feasibility-study Remember when new tracks were installed just a few years ago? We were told crossings had to be closed and new tracks were needed for high speed rail we supposedly have now! Flashbacks: 2011: durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-kirk-quinn-announce-186-million-for-chicago-to-st-louis-high-speed-rail 2014: https://blnnews.com/2014/05/20/high-speed-rail-one-hour/ […]
By: Diane Benjamin A Livingston County wind company is running commercials promoting yet another wind farm. Evidently they are trying to gain public support. Yes, property tax money is generated. Yes, some electricity is generated – if the wind is blowing. Yes, the turbines leak oil. Yes, a backup energy source is required for when […]
By: Diane Benjamin What does this screen shot from last night’s Normal Town Council meeting tell you? . Does the Deputy Clerk have her hand over her heart? It sure doesn’t look like it. The citizens of Normal are paying the salary, benefits, and pension for a Deputy Clerk who refuses to say the Pledge […]
By: Diane Benjamin Send thank you cards to the green weenies who think wind and solar can produce the electricity we need. Neither can as evidenced by the new interest in nuclear energy because of the massive amount of electricity needed by AI. Green has always been a scam to limit your access and raise […]
By: Diane Benjamin Illinois is taxing people out of the State. Since the left never has enough money, the latest scheme is to tax services like haircuts that have always been exempt. The State thinks they can raise another $2.7 billion from you. A report in 2021 claimed Illinois has 8,923 taxing bodies, at least […]
By: Diane Benjamin The doctor who responded to the story earlier today does not want to be identified (justifiable reasons!) If you missed it: https://blnnews.com/2025/05/15/childhood-vaccinations-and-pediatricians/ I’m not quoting most of what was said, again justifiable reasons. Summary of the comments: This doctor sounds like he’s on the MAHA bandwagon. How many other doctors are secretly […]
See response from a local doctor here: https://blnnews.com/2025/05/15/response-from-a-doctor-on-vaccinations/ By: Diane Benjamin I’ve been hearing stories about pediatricians who refuse to see children if their parents decline vaccinations. Here is the link to the CDC’s vaccine schedule for the first 15 months of life:https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/child-adolescent-age.html#table-1 Since Hepatitis B is spread through sexual contact or needle drug use, […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Regulating homeschooling in Illinois (HB 2827) appears to be dead for now, but that doesn’t mean it will stay that way. The left has a habit of using “shell bills” to pass legislation without holding public hearings. A “shell bill” is created by stripping all language from a bill that has […]
By: Diane Benjamin All of the information on local properties was found on the County Property Tax Inquiry website: https://mcleanil.devnetwedge.com/ Tax rates in Bloomington depend on whether the house is in Unit 5 or District 87. All of Normal is Unit 5. Correction to previous versions: . The houses below were chosen to represent various […]
By: Diane Benjamin Are you “hopeful” knowing this guy teaches at Unit 5 and serves on the County Board? Are you “hopeful” knowing his wife was just elected to the Bloomington City Council? . Woke and mad is a winning message? Are you “hopeful” seeing this? Diversity is just a talking point. The 2 Wards […]
