By: Diane Benjamin Connect Transit held a meeting on August 25th: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EbHKo7ekQqGztDU9fvqRgbALV64ZfNI0/view This is how their year ended on June 30, 2020. (PDF page 8) The actual loss was slightly below the 12,000,000 budgeted: See PDF page 15: The budgeted loss for this year is 12,825,000. Connect is well on the way to meeting that […]
By: Diane Benjamin Last night I actually asked the people around me if they heard the same things I did. It was close to the end when Evan Eleff of Sports Facilities Advisory stated the complex will never pay for itself. I asked him about it after the meeting ended. He told me this is Parks […]
The Town of Normal still does not have this meeting properly posted. They do have the 7:00 pm meeting posted. Their lawyer needs to re-read the Open Meetings Act. By: Diane Benjamin The notice below is not posted on the Town of Normal website under agendas or anywhere else I looked. This was sent to […]
By: Diane Benjamin I almost feel sorry for Tari. Citizens who disagree with actions of the City and Tari were pretty furious last night. I’m sure by the end Tari was ready for it to be over. I expect his next event to be stacked with a lot more supporters. Schedule: 12/12 – 5:30 – […]
By: Diane Benjamin Mark Peterson – Normal’s City Manager – talked to WGLT yesterday: http://wglt.org/post/public-private-partnership-lacking-establish-sports-complex#stream/0 Peterson thinks taxpayers should pony up $20-$30 million for a sports complex! The total cost will be $50 million, but it’s not a Public-Private partnership. He doesn’t say where the rest of the money will come from or who will […]
By: Diane Benjamin Repeat lies often enough and either some people will believe them – or somebody might check the facts! Let’s check some facts! David Hales and the Coliseum management like to spout economic impact numbers. If accurate, the City should be swimming in all the new revenue created by the amazing gift thrust […]
by: Diane Benjamin According to the City of Bloomington: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=18&recordid=1177&returnURL=%2findex.aspx Coliseum 1st Quarter Impact Over $2M Total economic impact in 1st quarter $2,026,789 Posted Date: 9/8/2014 . The Coliseum lost $139,667, but you are supposed to believe losing money is good because of the impact it has on the local economy. . I’ve reported before on […]
by: Diane Benjamin According to the Coliseum’s own reporting, the building produced an economic impact of $98,000,000 since opening! http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=6569 Did you get your cut? Is the City of Bloomington debt free because of all this economic activity? Are incomes rising? Are property value in downtown Bloomington rising? (Not the Pantagraph building: http://blnnews.com/2014/06/20/how-did-the-pantagraph-manage-this/) City Manager […]
