Bloomington Tonight – Committee of the Whole

By:  Diane Benjamin http://bloomingtonil.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1045&Inline=True Dimmitt’s Grove planning will be discussed  If you own property there, pay attention.  Government planning is inflexible and usually steals property rights. This paragraph is included:  Connect Transit must not have room on the empty buses to drop residents off  at any of the grocery stores to the east, northeast, or […]

Local Winner of America’s Ugliest Kitchen

By:  Diane Benjamin See the story and video here:  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/illinois-homeowner-wins-25-000-for-having-americas-ugliest-kitchen-300897723.html Excerpts: Robin Kidwell, 69, a Bloomington, IL homeowner, won the $25,000 grand prize in a contest held by Figure, a home equity lender, to identify and help renovate America’s ugliest kitchen. “I’ve got no counters, no light fixtures, the wiring’s bad, and one wall is missing,” says Robin, a […]

Maybe Hauman and Renner can split the vote!

By:  Diane Benjamin There are people in Bloomington who don’t care what high taxes under Tari Renner are doing to the poor.  How many Bloomington residents know the City DOUBLED the amount landlords pay to register properties?  Who is hurt?  Renters – the poor.  If any members of the Council complain about high rents so […]