By: Diane Benjamin I found this while looking for who went on the One Voice trip to Washington DC: . The Lorenz donation was a pass-thru from someone who wanted to remain anonymous, it wasn’t from the Republican Party. Smart? Nope. Bloomington is beholding to the Democrat Party thanks to Cody Hendricks and Jenna Kearns. […]
By: Diane Benjamin WGLT is not allowed to sell advertising. What did The Town of Normal pay WGLT to do? (2025 data isn’t available yet) https://www.openthebooks.com/search-results/details/?n=Wglt-Normal&e=73583&t=c&burl=%2Fsearch-results%2F%3Ft%3Dc%26F_Name_S%3DWGLT%26F_State%3DIllinois%26F_Year%3D0 . Has WGLT applied for State of Illinois money? If you don’t know about the plan Springfield passed to subsidize media, read up on it: https://dceo.illinois.gov/expandrelocate/incentives/taxassistance/new-journalism-tax-incentive-program.html Yes, non-profit media […]
By: Diane Benjamin The 7-2 vote last Monday to massively raise property taxes made housing even more unaffordable. Numerous people running for office claim they will lower your taxes. Monday’s vote proved that lying is how you win elections. Bloomington aldermen aren’t the only taxing body grabbing for your wallet. Below is Dan Brady’s campaign […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Council voted 7-2 to increase property taxes 13.4% last night. The library increased taxes by almost 2%. After a Who’s on First like re-enactment, discussions took place by the Council both during the Public Hearing and before the vote. 7 members swallowed whatever staff fed them, only Alderman Sheila Montney […]
By: Diane Benjamin This can easily turn authoritarian since Bloomington has their own Administrative Court. Of course aldermen who break City code aren’t dragged into court, just you peons. You are expected to forget Bloomington practices selective prosecution: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/25/cody-hendricks-chief-cheater/ Staff is going to drive around town looking for violators? Can anyone think of a better […]
By: Diane Benjamin Elected officials are once again exempt from prosecution. All future local elections will be highly partisan since 3 democrats got away with violating city code. Republican leaning candidates need to play the same game and expose the far left candidates who want you to believe they are just normal democrats. They aren’t. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Alderman Cody Hendricks isn’t on it. Neither is Alderman Jenna Kearns or Alderman Abby Scott. Elites can violate laws without consequences, these peons got dragged into Administrative Court.
By: Diane Benjamin This is the new list of people being prosecuted by the City of Bloomington for breaking City Code: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showdocument?id=28541&t=638139539977443234 . Note your elected officials who violated the same code are not on this list. The next consolidated election will be extremely partisan because there are no penalties for violating that part of […]
By: Diane Benjamin Jenna Kearns violated City Code by claiming she was the only candidate that supports Democrats: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/24/jenna-kearns-violates-city-code-too/ Local elections are nonpartisan because local issues aren’t political. Essential services, which citizens can’t provide themselves, are why local government exists. Elections in Bloomington have taken a nasty turn toward partisan politics because far-left candidates either […]
By: Diane Benjamin Last night’s Bloomington Council meeting was long and tedious. A Township meeting preceded Council and an Executive Session followed. The meeting video is over 3 hours. It will take more than 1 story to cover the festivities. I will start with the Green Top Grocery extended sales tax rebate: . The current […]
By: Diane Benjamin These people are being hauled into Administrative Court today for violating City Code: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/28541/638823197694300000 . Not on the list is Cody Hendricks and Jenna Kearns for violating City Code to win their election. Justice isn’t justice when it doesn’t apply to everyone. Equal justice has been undermined by Bloomington. All these individuals […]
By: Diane Benjamin The water quality problems are close to over. The Council approved one more algaecide treatment @ $82,534.80. Lake Bloomington water levels are back to normal and evergreen is slightly below normal. The other controversial item was supporting the sale of Connect Transit’s property to Home Sweet Home Mission for the shelter project. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I did not receive this information from any current member of the Bloomington Police Department. I’m sure Chief Simington will be wondering where it originated. If he launches a witch hunt to find out how I obtained it, he will further degrade what little moral still exists in the department. The below […]
By: Diane Benjamin Are you “hopeful” knowing this guy teaches at Unit 5 and serves on the County Board? Are you “hopeful” knowing his wife was just elected to the Bloomington City Council? . Woke and mad is a winning message? Are you “hopeful” seeing this? Diversity is just a talking point. The 2 Wards […]
By: Diane Benjamin Since equal justice under the law no longer exists, Bloomington citizens have no reason to believe the City Code matters. If elected officials Cody Hendricks and Jenna Kearns don’t have to follow City Code, citizens can’t be expected to either. If you receive a parking ticket or ordinance violation, mail it back […]
By: Diane Benjamin Know what this is? https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/28541/638798959668170000 That is Bloomington’s Administrative Court docket for April 16th. Note SEVEN cases are scheduled at 8:30 and another SIX at 9:00. The City has the audacity to waste time of the people waiting to have their case heard. Staff time is more valuable than the people’s they […]
By: Diane Benjamin He claimed last night he does: . See this link: https://apps.isbe.net/ELISAPP/Pages/Vue/Inquiry/educator/credentials The State of Illinois hasn’t certified him to teach economics: . Anyone going to ask him for the truth? Are parents going to ask Olympia? I’m pretty sure his speech was in response to Jackie Beyer’s public comment: https://blnnews.com/2025/04/15/too-chicken-mboka/ Olympia website […]
By: Diane Benjamin The current mayor wasn’t a chicken when the far left members of the Council demanded a vote to make Molly Ward mayor Pro Tem. He is evidently too chicken to do anything to sitting Council members who violated the City Code. If laws don’t matter to the Council, why should they matter […]
By: Diane Benjamin Tonight’s agenda: 4/4/2025 The agenda omits penalties for Cody Hendricks and Jenna Kearns’ flagrant City Code violations (details: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/25/cody-hendricks-chief-cheater/). In two years, Bloomington’s consolidated elections will become fully partisan due to this lack of accountability. Worse, residents will question why they must follow City Code when elected officials don’t. This ‘rules for […]
By: Diane Benjamin Bloomington: https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/IL/Bloomington/123382/web.345435/#/summary Dan Brady received 2,411 more votes than Cody Hendricks and 4,830 more than the current mayor. Uncontested Ward 3 candidate, Sheila Montney, received more votes that the total who bothered to vote in Ward 1. That Ward is stuck with Jenna Kearns for 4 more years. She won by 227 […]
By: Diane Benjamin Hendricks is the mayoral candidate who has never read City Code since he flagrantly violated it more than once: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/25/cody-hendricks-chief-cheater/ Did he do the same thing when he was on the Pekin City Council? Below is proof Hendricks makes up the world he wants people to see while ignoring reality: The way […]
By: Diane Benjamin It didn’t go national because it’s another government who demands more of your money. The issue got published by Just The News because there is alleged election interference by local schools: https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/mclean-county-sheriff-investigating-alleged-election-interference?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost# If you don’t know John Solomon, founder of Just The News, read his bio. He has a LONG history of […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) I apologize to New Illinois! I’ve been meaning to post this for weeks. It’s too late to sign up for food, but you can still attend: 2) Part of the DOGE team did an interview with Brett Baier. Get facts from the source, not the people who are probably benefiting from […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Cody changed his endorsements, perhaps after years in office when he finally read the city code and realized he had violated it by claiming the McLean County Democrats endorsed him. He replaced it with an endorsement from Alderman Jenna Kearns, who violated the same code in the same way Cody did. […]
By: Diane Benjamin The back side of Cody Hendricks’ illegal mailer bashed Dan Brady. It claimed Brady supports Trump’s extreme MAGA agenda. That means Cody must stands for waste, fraud, and abuse of your money. He must also support keeping criminal aliens roaming the streets. Americans without TDS don’t support either. We know Cody has […]
By: Diane Benjamin Mailer #2 from Cody Hendricks is below. It directly violates the Bloomington City Code, the laws under which Bloomington supposedly operates. He is unfit to be mayor due to these violations of the Bloomington City Code. He has no respect for the laws of the city he seeks to represent. Alderman Sheila […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Bloomington agenda for tonight: https://d2kbkoa27fdvtw.cloudfront.net/cityblm/8941a8856acf86d8eb133ec7a8132d1a0.pdf 3 Public hearings will be held. All 3 items are on the Consent Agenda. That means the hearings are meaningless. The Consent Agenda is usually passed without comment. Also, the City is spending another $215,366.27 on the water quality. This time they are treating both lakes […]
Proof in this story: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/24/six-things-you-need-to-know-3/ Should a person who knowingly violates city code be trusted to serve as mayor? While flying around, I heard that Cody sent a mailer only to local Democrats, stating he was endorsed by the local Democratic Party. This is a direct violation of Bloomington City Code—see below. Local races are […]
By: Diane Benjamin A reader commented yesterday about Cody Hendricks, claiming he had never voted for anything that hurt people. I think I deleted that comment because it was lengthy and full of propaganda. Evidently, tripling the water rates doesn’t hurt people — unless you live paycheck to paycheck, where every dollar matters. What if […]
By: Diane Benjamin Below is the back of a recent mailer by the Henricks campaign. It’s hilarious to call Dan Brady MAGA when Democrats just scored an historic low approval rating! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/16/democrats-record-low-favorability-republicans-trump/82471412007/ What is an assault weapon Cody? Since pregnancy isn’t a disease, stopping one isn’t healthcare. If you agree Cody will not be representing […]
By: Diane Benjamin Public Comment was adorable last night. The far left showed up to demand the council and candidates support a Springfield bill to Lift the Rent Control ban. Just hit play to hear them on the video below. What none of them said was what they expect if the ban is lifted. Do […]
This isn’t a Star of David either (h/t a reader): By: Diane Benjamin Follow-up to this story: https://blnnews.com/2025/03/10/did-you-know-the-paint-app-is-antisemitic/ This is the Star of David: . This isn’t: I will be expecting apologies from you and Camille Taylor. Your baseless attack means I was right. The candidates I specified are far left radicals. Will Not In […]
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/
By: Diane Benjamin 1) From https://april1cent.info/ The 1% Sales Tax could be use for mental health services. That means your child could be “affirmed” by a “professional” to be anything they “feel”. Parents will not be notified or informed. Do you really want a system that believes in DEI, Social Emotional Learning, and gender change […]
By: Diane Benjamin The only eventful part of the meeting was the discussion about changing the language for seats at the PSCRB. (Public Safety Citizens Review Board) About three years ago Mollie Ward wanted 2 seats for 16-21 year old’s. They did have two kids for about a years, in the last 2 1/2 years […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is what Bloomington wants? More than 20% of registered voters need to show up and tell Cody and his gang NOBODY cares who you sleep with! What citizens care about is not getting ideology forced down their throats. Citizens care about government employees and elected officials with the skills to do […]
By: Diane Benjamin The 2 videos below are from the GOP candidate forum held January 18th. These are the question and answer session for the Bloomington mayoral candidates. All of the videos can be found here: https://www.mcleancountyrepublicans.org/meet_the_mayoral_candidates Chemberly Harris and Kathleen Lorenz videos are also on that link. Chris Koos was out of town that […]
By: Diane Benjamin The same far left cabal voters soundly defeated 4 years ago just regrouped as different people. Cody Hendricks is no different than Jackie Gunderson. Abby Scott is no different than Jenn Carrillo and Jeff Crabill. If socialists/Marxists are supporting you, it’s not a stretch to see you are one too. Abby Scott […]
By: Diane Benjamin AOC and Bernie Sanders are progressives. Basically anyone who wants to use government to shape the future the way they want it to be is progressive. If you don’t agree with that vision you are ignored. Defund the Police was progressive. https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/22/bloomington-normal-mayors-fail-win-unions-backing-reelection The local unions refused to endorse Chris Koos as they’ve […]
By: Diane Benjamin Read yesterday’s story if you missed it: https://blnnews.com/2025/01/14/video-gaming-discrimination/ Jill Whitacre, owner of Shake It Up Cocktail Lounge, made a plea for a video gaming license. The number of licenses are limited because the Council under Tari Renner thought there would be less gambling if machines weren’t everywhere. If Bloomington wanted to limit […]
