Tag: ISU Art Gallery

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Both Bloomington and Normal meeting on this Federal Holiday

By: Diane Benjamin Juneteenth must not be important enough to delay meetings 1 day. Bloomington Committee of the Whole: Agenda I wonder if anyone will mention the police gun safe giveaway that will rust guns? https://blnnews.com/2023/06/14/dont-store-guns-in-the-free-gun-safe-you-got-from-the-bloomington-il-police/ Minister Ward should already know why gun violence exists and is increasing. A commission won’t solve moral decay, kids […]

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Normal has a fiduciary responsibility to TAXPAYERS!

By:  Diane Benjamin DON’T miss the Update to this story:  https://blnnews.com/2020/02/04/normal-foia-fail/ At last Monday’s Council meeting Pam Reece stated the bonds owed for construction of the parking garage that houses the ISU Art Gallery does not require a fiduciary duty to lease the space for a profit. Did anyone but me wonder about Normal’s fiduciary […]

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Normal: Koos steps in it again

By:  Diane Benjamin The only Public Comment last night was from Doug Fansler.  See 6:20.  He wondered who invited the climate activist to speak at the last meeting.  He had emailed the Council and City Manager but was not satisfied with the scant answers.  Doug agreed we need a warming and a cooling plan but […]

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Ah . . Public Comment

By:  Diane Benjamin Normal Town Council last night: First to speak was Craig Stimpert. (4:27) The topic was pensions funding and the constant raising of property taxes to fund them.  Craig called this Town practice unsustainable.  The Town uses property taxes because they refuse to make pension funding part of the budget.   He called out […]