By: Diane Benjamin It sure would be nice to know if fees and payments are included in reports posted for “arena” events. Since the BCPA doesn’t include artist fees, I have to think they aren’t. Note: a LOT of tickets had to be given away to get 4318 people to attend this Riverman hockey event: […]
By: Diane Benjamin I will continue to call the arena the Coliseum until it has a real name. One note: I was told if parents left the arena after IHSA events their child participated in they had to pay again to re-enter later. If the goal is increasing traffic downtown, this policy prevents that from […]
By: Diane Benjamin We are expected to believe a dedicated 15 year football coach suddenly decided he needed to spend more time with his family. It’s a great idea, but it’s difficult to believe he wouldn’t have planned his departure and made sure a great coach was in place so the program wouldn’t suffer. That […]
By: Diane Benjamin According to the newspaper, Unit 5’s payments to coaches violated IHSA rules. Unit 5 still won’t connect the dots and say why Coach Hess resigned and if they told him to resign or be fired because of these payments. Unanswered questions still circle back to the disgruntled parents secretly meeting with the […]
