By: Diane Benjamin I keep hearing from Cody supporters that he will “get things done”. The below is a comment left on my site stating what they “want done”. How does a mayor guarantee a “living wage”? Many businesses are barely holding on since the Illinois Progressives raised the minimum wage which of course raised […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’m not done covering Recycled Furniture for Families. I have one more FOIA outstanding. Past stories: https://blnnews.com/2024/08/22/recycling-furniture-for-families-path-funding-crisis/ https://blnnews.com/2024/08/15/outsourcing-fail-foia-report-part-3/ https://blnnews.com/2024/08/14/foia-report-part-2/ https://blnnews.com/2024/08/09/foia-report-part-1/ I can’t believe the City didn’t realize I had emails from alderman after the Director reached out to them for help. FOIA’s wouldn’t cost the City so much time and money if […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Since Cody Hendricks accepted campaign contributions from 2 labor unions, City code prevents him from voting on any Project Labor Resolution that will benefit unions. How is that not a Conflict of Interest? Of course he can’t render a fair opinion. See this story for sources and details of the contributions: […]
It is impossible for me to cover all local units of government myself, therefore I am going to quit covering Normal. If anyone actually cares about schools, I need help there too. Your part-time mayor driving a vehicle taxpayers paid almost $74,000 for and putting regular plates on it instead of government plates didn’t make […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) The stole/scarf type things the Council members were wearing were gifts from the visiting people from India. Most of that isn’t on microphone, so the purpose is unknown. See 11:20 on the video. . 2) I have reasons to believe the Danenberger/Henricks vote flip flops was a setup to make their […]
