Who Sent Letters Supporting a Downtown Transfer Station and what’s the cost?

By:  Diane Benjamin Received by FOIA.  Click on any of the below to see what they wrote: Chamber of Commerce Chris Koos Darin Lahood McLean County Regional Planning Commission Economic Development Council Rodney Davis Tammy Duckworth Tari Renner The cost to taxpayers: No location was identified in the documents I received.  How do they know […]

Connect Transit data appears

By:  Diane Benjamin An addendum was posted to the meeting packet for yesterday with all the “data” normally reported:  https://www.connect-transit.com/documents/Meetings/Packets/ADDENDUM.pdf As reported in this story:  https://blnnews.com/2019/10/21/connect-transit-data-mia/ paying customers for September was way down from previous months.  The passenger reports were missing when I did that story, so that makes this information even more fascinating. Below […]

Prediction from a reader:

By:  Diane Benjamin If you haven’t already figured it out, a LOT of what I write comes from tips.  Today I received prediction from a reader. Connect Transit has an opening for a board member representing Normal.  Any guesses on who will be appointed? How about RC McBride Mayor Koos made a big point of […]