Normal Council Part 2

By: Diane Benjamin We still know very little about this expense: What we do know is Pam Reece can spend up to $25,000 without getting Council approval. Koos said Pam made this decision. The remediation was to a private residence, we don’t know the address. It was supposedly paid to fix a “code violation”, nobody […]

Why the memorial was removed: Normal

By: Diane Benjamin The memorial tribute of Jelani Day was taken down because the Town of Normal is authoritarian. You can’t talk at a Council meeting until the end, whenever that happens to be, if what you want to say doesn’t pertain to the agenda. You could wait hours to get 3 minutes of their […]

UPDATE: Bloomington Parks: What’s the Problem?

I received a response from Parks Director Jay Tetzloff, it has been added at the bottom. By:  Diane Benjamin I’ve been hearing for weeks about mowing not being done in many of the Bloomington Parks.  I’ve been cutting the City some slack because of all the rain.  Not anymore! You are paying more in taxes […]