By: Diane Benjamin Headline from the Pantagraph: h/t a reader So, a journalist from a country without any “freedom of the press” has partnered with the US government for almost 10 years to teach how to be a journalist and teach how to teach journalism I think we found the reason 95% of the media […]
By: Diane Benjamin If the weeds in the planter boxes of the CII East building aren’t bad enough: Just down the street is another weed fest: (h/t a reader) This is the corner of Washington and East Street – directly across from Bloomington’s new “Hub” in the Government Center. The CII East weeds are actually […]
By: Diane Benjamin One of the properties Normal owns they shouldn’t be paying property taxes for is up for sale. Stan Nord specifically mentioned this property, the Town hasn’t taken the time to change it to exempt. https://normal.org/bids.aspx?bidID=218 The Town is taking bids on 1404 Ft Jesse until January 15th. Evidently they can’t find anybody […]
A reader sent this link: https://hibid.com/catalog/182487/102-s-east-st–bloomington–il/ An auction is underway until 9/23. The listing claims it is gutting and cleaned inside. By: Diane Benjamin Lovely “Welcome to Downtown Bloomington”. 102 S East. I can’t find the listing, but the property taxes will be sold for the second year on November 1st. Last year the taxes […]
By: Diane Benjamin Interfering in the private sector is what local government does best. Evidently Jenn thinks she can save the State Farm building: Meanwhile other buildings in downtown have been sitting empty for years. The CII East building is an eyesore Jenn evidently isn’t working on. The Front and Center building is boarded up. […]
Construction at the CII East building stopped so long ago you may not remember what it used to look like: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15772470/102-S-East-Street-Bloomington-IL/ This is what it looks like now: Close up pic from last summer: The owner, David Bentley, was a Renner lunch buddy before Tari got his PCard yanked. Bentley also sued the City […]
By: Diane Benjamin Monday night the Bloomington City Council will hear a proposal from David Bentley. He wants to turn the Pantagraph building into a boutique hotel. Tari Renner discussed the idea Tuesday on WGLT: http://wglt.org/post/bloomington-mayor-cautious-about-potential-developer City Manager David Hales mentioned at the last Council meeting Jeff Giebelhausen would also make a presentation. (http://blnnews.com/2015/10/13/next-monday-your-destruction-continues/) We […]
