Tag: Community Development

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Bloomington’s Business Registration is here!

By:  Diane Benjamin Bloomington finally managed to hack off virtually every business in town.  So far today I’ve talked to 3 business owners who got the letter below.  This Business Registration has nothing to do with public safety, it’s an attack on the local producers. How did Bloomington send each business a letter if they […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Normal’s priorities: What?

By:  Diane Benjamin Most people think the job of local government is Police, Fire, Water, Sewers, and Roads. Look at what Normal’s priorities are based on where they spending money:  PDF page 133  http://www.normal.org/DocumentCenter/View/12750 Try to use and elitist accent here.  Repeat after me: Normal spent more on “Culture and Recreation” than they did on roads! […]