by: Diane Benjamin This is a Bloomington road that school buses travel on. It’s also close to an apartment complex. (different section of the same road) The City budget only spends $3.8 million resurfacing roads when more than $9 million a year is needed just to keep the roads rated poor. Tonight the Council will […]
By: Diane Benjamin It was a pretty boring meeting except for the guy who probably showed up high and started verbally attacking an alderman. I say “high” because he has admitted in previous comments to being “high” and the police harassing him for no reason at all. He has also called himself from Mars. He […]
By: Diane Benjamin Local Sales Tax in both Bloomington and Normal was raised 1% as of last January 1st. Do you remember being told that 1/4% would go to the County for Mental Health? The below is from Book 1 of the 2017 Bloomington budget – page 384 http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=21&parent=9844 15% disappeared into the bureaucracy since […]
By: Diane Benjamin While Normal was raising the Sales Tax to provide more money for Connect Transit, CT was busy spending it. Have you noticed all the new green signs? Below is some of the spending approved at the September 22, 2015 Board meeting. Source: http://www.connect-transit.com/documents/September%2022,%202015%20Regular%20Board%20Meeting%20Binder1.pdf This is what happens to taxpayer money when the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Normal raised the Sales Tax 1%. Now the City Manager seems to have dropped plans for a soccer field. Sunday the rag reported they won’t be doing any projects for at least a year. Was soccer a rouse? The whole 1% was a setup, only 1/4% was needed for so-called mental health! […]
by: Diane Benjamin The citizen group organized to fight the 1% Sales Tax increase – and who won! – raised far less than the group trying to get it passed. Reports of contributors must be filed with the State – here’s a link to a list of the Pro-Sales Tax supporters from 1/23/2014 to 3/31/2014: […]
