Tag: ISU students

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Some things you need to know

By: Diane Benjamin https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-04-15/isu-takes-part-in-campaign-to-recruit-teachers-from-other-career-fields . In other words, if you are WHITE – don’t apply. Teaching skills, including the ability to connect with students, won’t be considered. DEI discrimination is alive and well in Illinois. The lie that students can’t learn from someone with a different skin color is evil. https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2026-04-14/house-speaker-backs-millionaires-tax-but-democrats-split-over-how-much-to-devote-to-property-tax-relief . The ruling party […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Election Results Part 2

By: Diane Benjamin Democrats now completely run the Normal Township. Expect tax increases in your future. Krystle Able got 5,045 votes – Chris Koos was re-elected with only 3,914. Is this how a socialist and cohorts got elect? By handing out presents on the ISU campus – getting votes from students who don’t have to […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Zoning in Normal: Equal enforcement?

By: Diane Benjamin There is a severe housing shortage locally. Chris Koos is planning on welcoming between 50 and 250 illegal aliens here anyway. Where does that authority come from? Is Koos “compassion” is really to get more funding for his underpass? Where are they going to live? Who is paying the expenses? The elected […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Since gas taxes are paid by people who drive . . .

By: Diane Benjamin The Town of Normal plans to spend gas taxes on bike paths, Constitution Trail, and Connect Transit instead of roads. People who DRIVE on those ROADS pay the gas tax – therefore other vanity spending should only happen with that money when the roads don’t look like this: If the Town doesn’t […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Connect Transit – tomorrow

By:  Diane Benjamin https://www.connect-transit.com/documents/Board%20Packet%201-28-20.pdf Connect Transit didn’t meet for a regular meeting in December, so November and December are reported together for the 1/28/2020 meeting. November 2019 loss – PDF page 8 December 2019 loss – PDF page 14 Every person that rides costs around 4 times more than the person riding is paying:  (PDF […]