By: Diane Benjamin Excerpt from a May 7, 2025 email: . WGLT hasn’t printed a story. It’s been 2 weeks since John Danenberger claimed he was going to talk to them. One of these is true: Maybe WGLT would do a story if they had this: . This document isn’t available by FOIA from the […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Committee of the Whole meeting tonight was cancelled. Good thing for this alderman because Public Comment might have been interesting. Who signs an email like this? . Maybe someone with a personality disorder of some kind? Below is part of an email he sent to multiple people. The redactions were done […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember this? https://blnnews.com/2025/05/09/is-chief-simington-afraid-of-mayor-brady/ . Want to know what I redacted? Of course you do! Actually 2 things were redacted, I cut one off the bottom: . What do the police know that you don’t? What do I know you don’t? (Stay tuned)
By: Diane Benjamin 1) The deadline to apply to fill Donna Boelen’s seat was extended until tomorrow. I don’t know if nobody applied or if Mayor. Mboka is looking for better people. If you are in Ward 2 this is an opportunity to represent the Ward without having to campaign. Details here: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/Home/Components/News/News/10275/1394 2) I […]
By: Diane Benjamin Pic H/T a reader Since I try to never cross Veterans Parkway, I didn’t know State Farm was on the sign at the “arena”. I FOIA’d the City for the sponsorship agreement with State Farm, Grossinger quit paying years ago: Â https://blnnews.com/2023/03/14/grossinger-motors-arena-isnt-and-more/ The agreement with State Farm expired in May, the FOIA showed […]
By: Diane Benjamin I received a tip a few days ago about layoffs at State Farm. Employees were blindsighted in another department, not claims. It doesn’t matter how long they have been with the company, State Farm is picking who stays and who goes by skillsets. Retaining jobs in McLean County hasn’t been mentioned much […]
By: Diane Benjamin Correction: Early Voting starts February 23. I hate to throw the County Clerk’s office under the bus, but they had it listed wrong. It has been fixed. Since early voting starts February 1st, the below is what I know so far: From Danenberger’s LinkedIn page: This information is important so you have […]
I hear lots of highly paid people lost their jobs yesterday at State Farm. Worse, a foreign company is going to run the networks that links 17,000 agents across the United States. What can go wrong?
By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington City Council heard a presentation on O’Neil pool and park last night. Price tag is now $11.5-11.7 million. It is much more than replacing a pool. The two aldermen representing the west side were absent: Mollie Ward and Jenn Carrillo. Start with these few words we’ve heard before, much more […]
By:Â Diane Benjamin You may have heard that Jenn Carrillo was ticketed for illegal parking yesterday for (as she claims) trying to protect Black Lives Matter demonstrators at the County jail. Read her shirt:Â Â She added this later to her Facebook page: How can the police protect protesters wanting criminals and suspects released from jail […]
By: Diane Benjamin Every notice if a court rules in favor of leftists they and the media jump all over it celebrating, but if it goes against their narrative they ignore it? Bloomington will be meeting on-line again regardless of the ruling voiding Pritzker’s executive orders. Rulings that don’t fit the agenda can be discarded. […]
