North bound Linden near Locust

h/t a reader Illegal Kathleen Lorenz sign: Unlike Cody Hendricks placing a HUGE sign illegally, this one looks like a yard sign. Maybe this Lorenz supporter doesn’t know it is on public property and therefore illegal. Is Cody’s sign still there? https://blnnews.com/2025/02/12/five-things-you-need-to-know/

Normal not only stabbed taxpayers, they billed you!

By: Diane Benjamin More on this story: https://blnnews.com/2023/03/11/sharon-chung-screws-normal-taxpayers/. Normal declared war on it’s citizens and uses their money to take them out! The above story shows the people who supported Chung’s bill to legalize Normal’s illegal operation. Since you knew nothing about this bill you couldn’t object. The only reason we know about it now […]

Write-In candidates and illegal Campaign signs

By: Diane Benjamin I’m posting these GOP write-in candidates again because I keep getting asked: Either some candidates don’t know the law or are ignoring it: https://ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0655LV.html Democrat running as a Republican Amy McFarland has two signs on public property at the corner of Streid Drive and White Eagle. Think a judge should know the […]

Campaign Signs

Update: https://blnnews.com/2021/03/12/campaign-signs-still-there/ For those running for office: It is ILLEGAL to put campaign signs on government property. I will give Koos, McCarthy, and Cummings until the end of today to remove theirs before posting pics. Citizens can remove illegal signs. Take a picture first so you have proof they are illegal.

Who’s playing with the City Code?

By:  Diane Benjamin The Bloomington City Code doesn’t look anything like it used to:    https://ecode360.com/BL4015 While looking for something else I ran across this: https://ecode360.com/34403302 Isn’t there 70 or 80 genders?  I wonder how anybody can comply when the rules keep changing!  (Another thing that happens when the majority doesn’t vote) I was actually […]

Campaign Signs on Public Property?

By:  Diane Benjamin Campaign signs are illegal to display on Public Property. Isn’t this Public Property? Guess who owns the property connected to this Public Property!  Page down . . . . . ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ The Mayor of Normal! Of course the signs are for his three chosen candidates:  Shields, McBride, and Lorenz.

Pantagraph accidentally prints the truth

By:  Diane Benjamin Stories about millennials NOT wanting to live downtown have been circulating on the Internet since 2015.  The PLANNERS were wrong. Tari can’t be happy. I wonder if his weekly meetings with the City reporter will be cancelled! Tari’s theory of downtown being Bloomington’s future just took a blow.  He can build a […]

Why does Tari think he’s above the law?

By:  Diane Benjamin I did this story about illegal campaign signs two days ago:  https://blnnews.com/2016/12/11/illegal-signs-all-over-town/ This sign appeared today anyway: There is a driveway behind the sign, it’s definitely obstructing traffic and placed illegally on City property. The person who saw the sign this morning reported it to Code Enforcement at 9:30am.  At 4:00 pm […]

Illegal Signs all over town

By:  Diane Benjamin I’m getting reports of illegal campaign signs all over town.  Per the City Code: Call and demand they be removed: . . Do you really want to elect anyone who breaks the law to win? . . .  

Is Karen Schmidt trying to hide her liberal?

By:  Diane Benjamin Most people who care enough about  political candidates to put a sign in their yard want to make sure everybody sees the signs. Isn’t that the purpose of having signs? Maybe there is a sign thief in the neighborhood, so she doesn’t want them too obvious.  I remember Kevin Lower’s signs disappeared […]