By: Diane Benjamin That election was April 6, 2021. Only 21.8% of registered voters bothered to show up even with 40 days of early voting. https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/IL/Bloomington/109017/web.276013/#/turnout That link includes a coded map showing what parts of Bloomington voted more than others. It’s a despicable turnout considering District 87 and City of Bloomington are the governments […]
See update: https://blnnews.com/2024/11/20/unit-5-agenda-is-back-see-this-item/ By: Diane Benjamin Unit 5 has a regularly scheduled meeting tonight: https://www.unit5.org/board-of-education/annual-meeting-calendar-notice-of-public-hearings An agenda was posted yesterday because I looked at it. This morning it is missing: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/1482 . The Open Meetings Act requires an agenda to be posted for 48 hours before the meeting. It isn’t. If the agenda suddenly reappears […]
By: Diane Benjamin Normal has three trustee seats up for election and only 3 filed. Three filed for president: The three that filed for Trustee don’t even have to campaign because they automatically win unless someone files for write-in. Know who Rory is? He’s on the McLean County Regional Planning Commission now. Since he represents […]
By: Diane Benjamin Yes, cramming local elections close to divisive national elections is on purpose. You are expected to not notice or vote, thanks for complying! Turnout is ridiculously low for electing people taxing you to DEATH. The big ones are: Both City Council and School Boards I couldn’t find any mention of the April […]
By: Diane Benjamin See this WGLT story: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-06-17/bloomington-mayor-enthused-about-housing-symposium-results 1st Excerpt: . Public-Private partnerships leave PUBLIC holding the bag. If you didn’t read this story a couple days ago, you need to: https://blnnews.com/2015/07/23/bloomington-developer-gets-freebies/ Snyder Development partnered with Bloomington and didn’t pay, I still haven’t heard if they ever paid. That means all other taxpayers paid more […]
