By: Diane Benjamin Remember when the Normal Town Council told Pam Reece to make getting the Town out of the $36,000 a month lease for the 2nd story of 1 Uptown Circle a priority? Remember, that building would have never been built if the Town hadn’t agreed to rent an entire floor. Remember too the […]
By: Diane Benjamin This was on Normal’s agenda on 2/17/2020: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3553 This was on Normal’s agenda on 1/9/21: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3867 This is on the agenda for Monday: https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3903 In about a year the cost of repairing this bridge almost tripled! According to the documentation, this bid is 16.1% higher than the engineers estimate. The engineer was […]
By: Diane Benjamin Alderman Amelia Buragus didn’t think she had a conflict of interest with votes to spend taxpayer money to redevelop downtown Bloomington, even though her dad owns property very close to the properties proposed. Michael Buragas, Amelia’s husband, works for Farnsworth Group, a frequent receiver of taxpayer funds: Is it a conflict of interest to […]
Today this guy has a Letter to the Editor supporting the 1% Sales Tax increase. I hear he is also a partner at Farnsworth & Wylie! The schools want more money the build and remodel. Why would Farnsworth care? I think this explains it: http://www.f-w.com/bio.php?id=4
by: Diane Benjamin Obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, paid to Farnsworth Group: 5/1/12 – 4/30/13 $126,292 5-1-13 – to present $79,081 add the contract approved 11/25/13 of $74,670 for another study and the total so far this year is $153,751 Last night the City Council approved yet another study (not to Farnsworth) […]
