By: Diane Benjamin Something else to watch first: PDF page 144 https://mcleancountyil.gov/AgendaCenter/County-Board-1#docaccess-2ffafebe6a9a4388fd0c969f31ff6b40 The County will be creating a parks master plan. After they hire the firm revealed on the numerous following pages they will of course have to follow the plan. There will be community engagement, surveys few people take, and then fabulous plans that […]
By: Diane Benjamin Below is an email that was sent and answered in March by William Bessler to McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael on behalf of the Finance Committee. The chair of that committee, Val Laymon, at least one other committee member, and administration also received the response from Kathy Michael. Bessler’s questions are listed […]
By: Diane Benjamin What happened was democrats proved they have no problem raising your property taxes because government needs your money more than you do. Last year the Board voted to keep the property tax rate the same which means they grabbed all the increases in assessed value. That amounted to a 13% tax increase. […]
By: Diane Benjamin On October 9th I received a “press release” from Michele Anderson which I read and filed. I don’t know who else she sent it to, evidently to WGLT who took the bait and did a story. For an elected official to publicly name call was unprofessional at best. See it here: Press […]
