By: Diane Benjamin One thing I’ve learned is Republicans never do what they say they will do in a campaign while Democrats lie over and over and over trying to get you to believe what they say. Just watch them for a while, you will notice it too. (Think: If you like your doctor . […]
I was notified last night approval of release will be on the 8/22 agenda. Lawsuit pending until then. . By: Diane Benjamin Laws evidently don’t matter to the current City of Bloomington Leadership. Government “for and by the people” has become sit down, shut up, and we might get to you eventually. They have until […]
By: Diane Benjamin The next court date is Monday, April 25 – 9:30 am. Same courtroom as last time if you want to attend – 5D Judge Lawrence will decide whether the amended motion I filed is enough to proceed to a hearing. If he rules against me the citizens of Bloomington will never know […]
By: Diane Benjamin According to this Pantagraph article: http://www.pantagraph.com/business/local/olson-gets-contract-extension/article_c3a51735-c4ad-5cda-853b-7704ebcffb8a.html – the Executive Director of the airport (Carl Olson) just got a 2.5% raise. It also states he was earning $172,365 per year. The article is a glowing endorsement of the great job he is doing. Funny, because in January the Pantagraph also reported traffic was down […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’ve written a long list of articles concerning the Village of Stanford and the Allin Township Fire Protection District. Just for the record, Sheriff Sandage isn’t investigating and State’s Attorney Jason Chambers isn’t prosecuting anything I’ve written about. They probably won’t care about the Allin Township Fire Protection Trustees appointing an illegal […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Freedom of Information law was written to protect the rights of taxpayers. Since government has no money unless they take it from citizens, it is presumed under the law that all documents BELONG to the citizens, not government. Here’s the opening paragraph of the law: (5 ILCS 140/1) (from Ch. 116, […]
By: Diane Benjamin Editorials written by un-named Pantagraph staff continue to be a source for giggles. Everything written in today’s could pertain to the City of Bloomington, but the writer fails to make the connection. Since critical thinking about local elected officials is foreign to their staff, they missed the obvious. Today the anonymous writer […]
