Some history and the rest of the meeting

By: Diane Benjamin The meeting is going to take one more story after this one, probably tomorrow. The majority of the Council has zero business experience but Alderman Sheila Montney did a great job bringing them to reality. More on that later. First you need to know some history: I wrote this story on July […]

Usurping free markets: Bloomington tonight

By: Diane Benjamin Committee of the Whole: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/4a800d2b-5bc1-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1718308867.pdf Bloomington wants to solve the local “housing crisis”. Since they can’t lower interest they can’t solve it. That isn’t going to stop them from trying: People who work at Rivian but don’t live within the boundaries of Bloomington-Normal don’t necessarily want to move here. If ridiculous housing […]