By: Diane Benjamin Contributions of $1000 of more to a campaign have to be reported within 24 hours. As of the end of September Mboka has $12.70 in his Friends of Mboka Mwilambwe account: https://www.illinoissunshine.org/committees/36534/ No large contributions have been reported since then. Meanwhile Cody Henricks has $11,209.51. Much of that money came from unions […]
By: Diane Benjamin Do you want a mayor of Bloomington with an agenda or one that listens to citizens? Mike Straza was on Cities 92.9 last night with Steve Suess. Listen to the beginning of the podcast: Straza worked on Chris Koos’ re-lection campaign 4 years ago. Much worse, Straza was on Dave Shields team […]
By: Diane Benjamin This time it’s tooooo close to the road on South Veterans Parkway: Evidently to win Straza wants to obstruct traffic. Sorry it’s a little fuzzy, a reader sent it. Below is the original photo before I cropped it: The local GOP is supporting Straza because the GOP chair and him go to […]
By: Diane Benjamin Ian Bayne is no longer at 98.3. I know a lot about what happened, but I’m not talking. Please take the poll. I’m sure he would run on “Taking Bloomington Back” from the big spenders. . . . Click here for details . .
by: Diane Benjamin Normal doesn’t want a ward system because ISU students would make their own ward and therefore have representation on the Council. Bloomington elections, especially the last one, were won because of IWU students. They worked to elect Mayor Renner and Alderman Scott Black. Both felt it was great to use the students. […]
There is a clear choice for candidates running for both mayor and alderman in Bloomington. Most of the current council wants to redevelop downtown Bloomington. Some candidates have stated in interviews that downtown is the future of Bloomington. If the wrong people are elected, downtown Bloomington could become “Uptown”. 2 of the mayor candidates have […]
Questions asked of the candidates by UAW Local 2488: http://www.uaw2488.org/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=a88608cc-a91b-4274-b578-bfefa6a2145f 7. If elected, what do you see as the problems in the Mayor’s office and what improvements do you think you could bring? Green: The problem primarily is a lack of leadership in keeping the council and administration moving toward any kind of goal. It’s […]
See the previous post for the Alderman part of the debate: http://blnnews.com/2013/03/15/main-street-association-debate-alderman/ Citizens can not make an informed decisions without attending at least one debate. Mannerisms and tone reveal much more than a printed recap. All 3 were present: John Hanson, Lex Green, and Tari Renner. Answers are presented below in the order asked. East Side Bypass […]
This site will end without your support. Click here to contribute: http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ All votes can be accessed at the City of Bloomington website http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=242&parent=128 John Hanson’s last meeting was 4/25/11. Below is a summary of votes from January 2009 until Hanson left the Council. A majority of all votes taken are unanimous, below are the votes […]
This site will end without your support. Click here to contribute: http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ by Diane Benjamin You’ve probably seen the picture below. Barack Obama taught the principles of Saul Alinsky in Chicago. Notice the flow chart indicating the flow of money and power out of productive businesses (“CORP”) and into the political class (“MAYOR”). The heading at the top […]
If you love what Chris Koos has done to Uptown Normal, and all the debt that came with it (currently $80 Million), Hanson is your guy. Meanwhile, pensions aren’t funded and the roads and sewers are crumbling. Note: This group worked with Farr Associates, the same rabid environmentalist planners who expects taxpayers to buy […]
