Bloomington tonight: NEEDS

By: Diane Benjamin Tonight’s Agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f70d9db5-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1719001395.pdf There is a public hearing on re-allocating federal money for a park: . This statement is in the attachment to this item. It shows a huge problem with government: Government “needs” are frequently not the “needs” people identify. Did you “need” a water park or just two new pools? […]

Free Free Free: Bloomington

By: Diane Benjamin Residents will be getting free disposal of all the rain and sewer soaked materials from last weekend’s storms. The City will create a map for dates but pickup won’t start until July 6th. The City Manager stated the start date is subject to change if assessments require it. Infrastructure that was under […]

Bloomington Pays more SLBB

By: Diane Benjamin Someday SLBB is going to end. It cost you MILLIONS because employees were allowed to spike their pensions which meant additional funds had to be paid into the retirement system. Add that to the MILLIONS spent on a never used fire station and more spent on a never used water tower. Add […]

Connect Transit doesn’t need a fare increase – they got $9 Mil

By:  Diane Benjamin Scroll to PDF page 31 below.  You will see this: The “Cares Act” is just another cute name for “We Don’t Care How Much We Spend”. As reported in this story:  https://blnnews.com/2020/05/22/wow-so-close-connect-transit/ In April Connect lost a little more than usual.  That $9,179,551 the feds showered on Connect will make up for […]