A READER put this together for me! He took the show recaps in this story and looked up the artist fees: https://blnnews.com/2019/12/11/bcpa-reports-finally-posted/ He saved me a lot of time, I really appreciate it. A previous reader said the Pirate Penelope show didn’t have artist fees. Since it appears the artist fees were not included in […]
By: Diane Benjamin See the reports here: https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=23615 All of these are new event report postings: 10/22/19 The Phantom Carriage <$1,438.41> 106 attended, zero for artist fees 11/5/19 The Four Italian Tenors $7,581.21 308 attended, zero for artist fees 10/20/19 The Carol King Musical $44,535.44 1113 attended, zero for artist fees 10/25/19 Southern Fried Comedy […]
By: Diane Benjamin For decades Voter ID laws have been blocked because opponents claim the minority vote would be negatively impacted. Either this isn’t true or the State of Illinois is now discriminating against minorities. January 1st everyone wanting to purchase legal cannabis in Illinois is required to show a government issued ID. Who is […]
By: Diane Benjamin In Bloomington and Normal government believes they are required to spend your money to create economic development. Peoria evidently doesn’t. Maybe it’s because Peoria is too broke – they have made significant budget cuts. Maybe broke government is the key to allowing the private sector to flourish. See this story: https://www.pjstar.com/news/20191210/kim-blickenstaff-purchases-stake-in-peoria-armory-plans-renovation Excerpts: […]
By: Diane Benjamin Next Monday is when the Bloomington City Council will make their final decision on manufacturing, processing, distributing, selling, and use of marijuana. Merry Christmas Bloomington, dollar signs and social justice warriors will decide Gettin’ High is the Way To Fly! 12:15 Chris Collins of Housing Our People Everywhere wants some of the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Source: http://bloomingtonil.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1051&Inline=True Does the highlighted name look familiar? https://blnnews.com/2019/11/04/bloomington-fireman-5-gets-off/ You might have missed the Edgar County Watchdogs version: https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/11/illinois-state-university-police-let-fireman-off-of-alleged-dui-due-to-his-employment/ The BCPA staff uses this building instead of the the BCPA offices. No event reports have been posted for the BCPA since my last FOIA. Citizens have no idea what happens in […]
By: Diane Benjamin Go to Moodys.com to see this information. You will have to sign in with Facebook or create an account. Remember I’ve mentioned Normal has a high credit rating because they aren’t afraid to tax? Moody’s confirms that: It is still a really good credit rating, but it isn’t AAA. I wonder where […]
