By: Diane Benjamin There was 1 Public Comment at the beginning of the meeting – Karl Sila. 1:45. Another person was prevented from speaking by Normal’s tyrannical policy until the end of the meeting. When it was finally her turn she wasn’t there. Liz Burton was called at 1:34:35. Normal should be ashamed of themselves […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Normal is meeting tonight: https://www.normalil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4338 Of course they are handing out your money. See PDF pages 20-22 to see how much the free entertainment costs you. Harmon Arts grants are on page 45. Read the rest of the agenda yourself or watch the meeting at 7:00 2) WGLT is cheerleading for […]
By: Diane Benjamin At tonight’s meeting a budget hearing is being held. Likely no one will show up to speak. Nice. Below are a couple things I found while not looking very hard. https://normal.org/DocumentCenter/View/19713/2022-23-Proposed-Budget PDF page 95: That 10.00 is the percentage increase from this year. What is the Town planning to spend $55,000 on? […]
By: Diane Benjamin Watch a Normal Council meeting. Kathleen Lorenz will attempt at least one to convey that Stan Nord has no idea what he’s doing. In emails she is even worse. Below are a few choice picks – from FOIA: Response from Kathleen: This issue isn’t dead, I’m just waiting for more information. How […]
By: Diane Benjamin http://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3339 This statement is in the minutes for approval from the last meeting: Koos had 7 people interested, 3 that had filled out the on-line form. See this previous story: https://blnnews.com/2019/06/27/more-koos-fib-and-kevin-mccarthy/ Normal allows spiking too. CDM (Children’s Discovery Museum) Foundation Board has 13 Board members. Since the Board is a non-profit, why did […]
By: Diane Benjamin http://www.normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3307 For the second year in a row the Harmon Grants total $25,000. In 2017 they totaled $50,000. See this year’s recipients on PDF page 34. Paul Harmon didn’t donate the money, it’s your money. More spending trying to get free money: The total spent since May 2018 was $352,657.87. Add this […]
By: Diane Benjamin Link to the Monday packet: http://www.normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2990 Another 10 minute meeting with not much on the agenda. None of these items will get discussed. At the June 4th meeting $25,000 of Harmon Grants were approved – PDF page 27 http://www.normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2973 Monday night they are paying the grants, but the total is $26,500 – PDF […]
By: Diane Benjamin Running out of other people’s money has caused Normal to give away less of your money this year. I wonder how many votes were bought through Harmon Grants? Last year’s list shows $50,000 was given away: https://blnnews.com/2018/04/30/normal-harmon-grants/ This year’s list: The YWCA got more of your money, I’m betting they bought tickets for […]
