Want to Know Why Your Unit 5 Property Taxes are so High?

By: Diane Benjamin Don’t forget the 1st installment of property taxes are due soon! Why does Unit 5 teacher and County Board member Corey Beirne think the current teachers contract is the best he’s ever seen? . Keep reading and you will find out! This intrigued me, it was posted on X: . Teachers don’t […]

How much does Koos pay to drive the Town’s Rivian?

By: Diane Benjamin The last time I FOIA’d how much Chris Koos was charged for using the Town’s Mitsubishi I received this: . I don’t know if $45 was listed as additional compensation on every check that year or just monthly. The point is he was paying something for having that vehicle permanently assigned to […]

Koos’ Car

By: Diane Benjamin The Town of Normal (taxpayers) own the vehicle Chris Koos drives: Taxpayers also pay for the plates which could have been GOV plates for much less: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3881 I am told Koos has Mayor vanity plates instead of government plates. Use of a taxpayer owned vehicle amounts to additional compensation. So how much […]