By: Diane Benjamin Previous stories: https://blnnews.com/2023/09/30/remember-bloomington-fireman-6/ Right now James Buenrostro is getting paid to not work. He has been since sometime in April. His latest problems began in Indianapolis when many firefighters were there for a convention. Buenrostro’s girlfriend was with in, she has a LONG history of failing to press charges for domestic violence. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Both were memorialized on a Facebook page created by Bloomington Fire Department employees. This is not an official government page, just firefighters sick of cockroaches where they live while on duty. They named the latest 2 Pablo and Tyrone: . . Someone created this page because of an infestation, I’m sure these […]
By: Diane Benjamin James Buenrostro was arrested in 2021 for domestic violence: https://blnnews.com/2022/02/03/bloomington-fireman-6/ Those charges were eventually dropped. I don’t know if the female involved decided not to testify or the State’s Attorney got tired of the case. Rumor is James faced no consequences with his job as a Bloomington Firefighter either. When there are […]
By: Diane Benjamin Taxpayers OWN Bloomington government, they work for you! Why is it so difficult to get information? Instead of fixing the functionality of the City website, they just redesign it. They have many useless tabs that aren’t used, nobody is cleaning them up or making SEARCHING for information easier. It’s almost like hiding […]
By: Diane Benjamin I don’t know if it’s Bloomington who has a criminal problem with their firefighters or if other departments are just better at hiding malfeasance. Number 6 was charged with domestic violence last December. The charges aren’t for beating up his wife, they are for beating up his girlfriend the wife evidently knew […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) 2 more things from Bloomington Council meeting last Monday: Tim Gleason thinks he has to obey whatever Pritzker utters, of course getting money is involved. Gleason is going to require all fire department personnel to be vaccinated or test twice a week. No mention of people who have had COVID and […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember when Normal paid Illinois Arts Station $9,000 so the fire department could train for 3 days in a house they planned to demolish? https://blnnews.com/2020/11/17/more-campaigning-during-normal-meeting/ You may not know $9,000 wasn’t the only payment, the Town has contracts to pay them another $9500! Total $18,500 so the fireman could train at two […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Fire Department seems to be plagued with drinking problems. This one has been kept quiet, probably because he’s a Captain. See the previous stories here: https://blnnews.com/2019/11/04/bloomington-fireman-5-gets-off/ From the County Public Access system it appears he was picked up for DUI in February of this year: He finally was sentenced in […]
