Below is Tari’s announcement on the City of Bloomington website. Announcing a political decision on a taxpayer owned website? Renner forgot a few facts about his tenure as Mayor. The total budget when he took office was $167,000,000. https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=2014 The total budget now is $230,320,572. https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=24730 That is $63,320,572 spent by government instead of the […]
By: Dine Benjamin Start with this chart that recaps actual and projected tax receipts in the current budget: PDF page 120 https://www.cityblm.org/home/showdocument?id=22149 The Local Motor Fuel Tax didn’t exist before Tari. Since doubling the tax, the City expects to collect $4,630,000 this year. The Amusement Tax didn’t exist before Tari. The City expects to collect […]
By: Diane Benjamin See this article posted on the WGLT website: New-Poverty-Report-Puts-Mclean-County-Watch-List The article doesn’t cover everything in the report by Heartland Alliance. See the complete report HERE Did you ever think McLean County would make a Well-Being Watch List? The reason is obvious – except to local government: Sales Tax was increased 1% in 2015. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Instead of enjoying Christmas with family and friends, Mayor Renner has been busy re-writing history through emails. Here is his latest edition: My comments are in red From: Tari Renner <trenner@cityblm.org> To: Dennis REDACTED Cc: City Council and Mayor <citycouncil@cityblm.org>; Tari Renner <trenner@cityblm.org> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 7:20 PM Subject: Re: […]
