By: Diane Benjamin The Committee of the Whole meeting tonight was cancelled. Good thing for this alderman because Public Comment might have been interesting. Who signs an email like this? . Maybe someone with a personality disorder of some kind? Below is part of an email he sent to multiple people. The redactions were done […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember this? https://blnnews.com/2025/05/09/is-chief-simington-afraid-of-mayor-brady/ . Want to know what I redacted? Of course you do! Actually 2 things were redacted, I cut one off the bottom: . What do the police know that you don’t? What do I know you don’t? (Stay tuned)
By: Diane Benjamin 1) The deadline to apply to fill Donna Boelen’s seat was extended until tomorrow. I don’t know if nobody applied or if Mayor. Mboka is looking for better people. If you are in Ward 2 this is an opportunity to represent the Ward without having to campaign. Details here: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/Home/Components/News/News/10275/1394 2) I […]
By: Diane Benjamin I FOIA’d the City of Bloomington for awards given to Ty Carlton for the past 15 years. What I received isn’t the whole story. From the Bloomington Police Facebook page where Ty is mentioned a lot, this isn’t mentioned in the FOIA: This is what I received by FOIA, notice no details? […]
By: Diane Benjamin Three years ago a lawyer, Samantha Walley, tendered her resignation as the City Manager of Leroy. At the time she was in a kerfuffle with the Leroy Police Chief. She was and is married to a Bloomington Police Detective named Steve Moreland. Walley had previously worked in the States Attorney’s office. Walley […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Gun Back Back event held Sunday was as much of a fiasco has the Gun Safe giveaway with safes that aren’t made for guns. The ordinance passed by the City Council allotted $60,000, reports from John Boch, Executive Director of Guns Save Life, said $50,000 was handed out to the first […]
By: Diane Benjamin More on this story: https://blnnews.com/2023/08/14/is-the-safe-t-act-causing-police-to-militarize/ Side note: The country has gone from defunding the police and sending out social workers to dangerous situations to buying armored vehicles to protect police. In Illinois suspects will be released without bail beginning September 1st. Since police can’t be everywhere, who protects citizens? Since the Police […]
By: Diane Benjamin https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/departments/police Quote: Simington is a graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, School of Police Staff and Command. He also earned a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice and a masters degree in Public Administration from Governors State University. Simington holds a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from […]
By: Diane Benjamin Recap: Grant Walch was appointed Ward 1 Alderman – Jeff Crabill and Julie Emig voted against him. Evidently they didn’t like replacing a self-identified progressive alderman with a more conservative one. Road funding isn’t close to what it needs to be. The $7 million was increased to $9 million, factor in inflation […]
