Bloomington: What you need to know from Monday

By: Diane Benjamin Note to Jamie Mathy: Future Councils are not bound by actions of past Councils. The Tari Renner “ramp” pension funding plan means zero if it can’t be afforded. Tari knew he wouldn’t be around to find at least $10 million more a year in the future. Renner already locked the Council into […]

Quit pandering to millennials – they grew up

By:  Diane Benjamin I don’t think Tari Renner and most of the City Council are keeping up to date!  We are constantly told we need Complete Streets because millennials want to ride their bikes to work.  We need to spend millions downtown because millennials want to live there. Since (I think) Tari just got back […]

Dear Tari

by:  Diane Benjamin Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. I will do a history recap for you Tari, even though you will ignore it.  You are brilliant, past failures won’t happen with you at the helm! There is no date on this document, but it is prior to the City […]

Uptown Bloomington

by:  Diane Benjamin Watch this video, then see how Bloomington is complying through their Downtown strategy plans. From the Downtown Bloomington Association website: http://www.downtownbloomington.org/index.php?id=163  (spelling errors left on purpose!) However, in order to capitalize on this advantage, the City of Bloomington and its residents must recognize the importance of Downtown as a critical asset as well […]

Bloomington’s future?

It could be if the City Council keep spending money on a white elephant!  Bridgeview probably thought their stadium brought money to the community too.  Now Bloomington wants to spend more!  A hotel would be nice, plus some downtown remodeling.  The roads and pensions can wait. Happy new year, cities drowning in stadium debt! Posted […]

Bloomington: This is what most of the council wants

If you don’t agree, you have a very short time frame to stop it.  I left the spelling errors in.  More information is available with the link below. http://www.downtownbloomington.org/index.php?id=163 Downtown Bloomington Strategy Thank you for your interest in the future of Downtown Bloomington! This section of our website is devoted to the Downtown Strategy. Included […]