Yesterday was Bill of Rights Day-Except in District 87: Part 1

By: Diane Benjamin I was planning on posting this yesterday, it fit in well with Bill of Rights Day! I wasn’t able to when the Internet went out. This story started out really long! Instead of one long story it will be in 2 parts. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution were ratified on […]

Bloomington payments 1/27/2020

By:  Diane Benjamin https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=23757 Since the City now has Jeff Jurgens as an employee, we will see if this disappears in the future:  (he was their employee) Community Relations?  did you get an invite to the feast: A future artist fee? This really needs a new name: Pantagraph scores again: This is just a members […]

County Land Use problem

By:  Diane Benjamin I FOIA’d the bills paid by the Land Use Committee since nothing was included in the meeting documentation.  See what was paid here:  FOIA_land_use_bills_-_redacted The only thing redacted was the chairman’s signature, the County got the information to me the same day I filed it.  I hope in the future it’s just included […]

CIRA: Part 2

By:  Diane Benjamin The first time I sent a FOIA request to the airport for payroll, I received Medicare Wages:  http://blnnews.com/2016/01/21/cira-explain-please/. I did another request for the full salary and benefits paid to the airport manager, Carl Olson.  The original request shows Medicare Wages of  $175,710.68 I received this the second time:  (click to enlarge) […]

Fly on the Wall: Steve Vogel

Here is Steve Vogel’s reason to vote for Pat Quinn in November: Quinn is going to jail.  Paul Vallas (Lieutenant Governor candidate) is going to be a great governor!  After all, the Chicago public schools are great now since Vallas fixed everything. Brilliant!  Anybody still funding the Pantagraph propaganda machine?  Why? . . .  

Corruption on Display – Bloomington City Council

by Diane Benjamin The opinions voiced by Alderman Stearns and Purcell were completely ignored by all other members of the City Council tonight.  Steve Purcell stated he would be a NO vote to seat Mathy because the process of choosing him was unfair to Kevin Lower who actually got petitions signed and has been out campaigning for months. He […]