Planning is about ideology, not about what makes sense!

By:  Diane Benjamin Ever heard “Best Practices”?  Who decides what a “Best Practice” is?  Somebody in New York or California? Isn’t a “Best Practice” what works best for you, your family, your friends, or even your community?  What works in Los Angeles probably isn’t going to work in small town fly over country.  That is […]

Stupidity Chronicles

By:  Diane Benjamin Today the Pantagraph printed a Letter to the Editor submitted by Roger Hellman.  I’m purposely using his name.  Although he doesn’t say what kind of gun legislation he wants to see, it’s obvious he would be delighted if every gun was confiscated.  See it  HERE Is the Pantagraph this clueless?  Roger thinks […]

Off to Hawaii!

By:  Diane Benjamin Bills and Payroll for Monday:  http://www.cityblm.org/home/showdocument?id=21630 See the agenda for the US Conference of Mayors here:  https://www.usmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/USCM-Honolulu-Agenda-041519-WEB.pdf Note the “Best practices” sessions.  They want everybody to think what works in Los Angeles will work in Bloomington.  Only fools think “best practices” can be determined by people not familiar with local conditions.  Tari […]

To CONTROL you . . .

by:  Diane Benjamin Government talks a lot about Sustainability.  What is it?  Government’s method to control the behavior of the citizens.  They limit your rights on where to live, what to drive, and access to cheap energy because they claim your choices aren’t sustainable. Sustainability isn’t the issue.  America is swimming in cheap energy sources, […]