Yep, invasion applies

By: Diane Benjamin Since the Constitution hasn’t been repealed, leadership needs to be held accountable for violating it. (Easy grounds for Biden impeachment) Article IV, Section 4: More than 8 million illegals crossing the southern border since Biden took his Oath of Office is an invasion. There are close to 2 million more got-aways we know nothing about. […]

Normal: The 7:00 meeting Part 1

By: Diane Benjamin Normal met for almost 4 hours last night. See the 6:00 pm Work Session story here: https://blnnews.com/2020/09/09/stealing-more-from-you-the-town-of-normal/ I’m going to start with the END of the regular meeting since I might have been one of the few still awake watching it. Chris Koos is attempting to fix his image since he was […]

Why Normal needs Fundamental Transformation

By:  Diane Benjamin The Town of Normal has a LONG history of over-paying for properties and then selling them for much less.  (or just giving them away!)  I’ve done numerous stories since 2012 detailing some of them. Here are 3 blatant examples: https://normal.org/archivecenter/viewfile/item/2115 In 2015 Normal bought 513 N School for $170,000.  509 N School […]

Interest is NEVER part of the cost

By:  Diane Benjamin Projects governments dream up never include the true cost, interest paid for decades could increase the price by 50%.  It could be even worse for Normal because they are paying no principal on many of their bonds – just interest.  Monday night is the semi-annual bond payments approval festivities.  Of course, discussion […]

More proof laws in Normal are immaterial

By:  Diane Benjamin If Illinois had a competent Attorney General a ruling against Normal for their public comment policy would have been written many months ago.  (the law requires them to rule within 90 days)  We don’t, so Normal continues to stifle citizen speech only because they can.  A complaint was filed with the AG […]