By: Diane Benjamin Normal has a long history of doing things for friends that us common folk would never get. Think of all the below market leases and cheap rent. One of their friends, Destihl, wanted to sell packaged liquor. They are mentioned by name in an email from Pam Reece: It gets worse – […]
By: Diane Benjamin The sales tax plan for the Fiala brothers created some havoc for some of the Trustees. The citizens of Normal are really tired of the Town’s giveaways, especially to their “friends”. The citizens remember all the properties given away to create Uptown. Nobody would have built there without them. The citizens see […]
See this story: https://blnnews.com/2016/10/07/seriously-kyle-ham/ This is an email I received in response – let me know your thoughts: ___________________________ I have seen your article, and contrary to your false accusations, we have been counting on and budgeting for the enterprise zone’s state sales tax benefits on construction materials since we started planning and budgeting for […]
By: Diane Benjamin The local (don’t question) paper is reporting the Enterprise Zone for parts of Bloomington, Normal, McLean County, Ford County and Gibson City has been approved by the State of Illinois. This will allow for a variety of tax breaks for businesses in the zone and those wanting to locate there. Mitsubishi closing […]
