By: Diane Benjamin When Tari ran for re-election in 2017 he promised to fix the streets, he forgot to add one line to his campaign card: Tari created a Gas Tax in 2014 to fix the roads, he raised the Sales Tax in 2015 to fix the roads. NOTHING is being spent on road resurfacing […]
By: Diane Benjamin Jim Karch has posted a list of the streets that are going to be resurfaced in the new budget. You can see a map and the list here: http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=21169 Get ready for a shock – Hershey isn’t on list. Neither is Prospect which is getting as bad as Hershey. Most of […]
By: Diane Benjamin A comment was left on BlnNews last night that deserves a longer response than just my reply. The citizens of Bloomington need to understand who is REALLY responsible for the roads and new designs in recent years. It isn’t Jim Karch. The comment: Why are few roads getting fixed and those that […]
By: Diane Benjamin On Monday sources tell me Bloomington will announce the Water Department will be merged with Public Works. The current head of Public Works, Jim Karch, will be in charge of everything. The Water Department is holding many millions of dollars. $2.8 million has already been “borrowed” from this fund, $2.4 million went […]
They do have $4,290,000 listed in Book 2 as Capital improvements: PDF page 270 http://www.cityblm.org/home/showdocument?id=18372 This money comes from the added Local Motor Fuel Tax and part of the increased Sales Tax. The taxes you already paid weren’t good enough. ___________________________________________________ By: Diane Benjamin Remember this email from Jim Karch? I asked him how much […]
By: Diane Benjamin Last night at the Council meeting this was presented: It’s a huge award! I know there is tension between Jim and his employees. They need to see the response I received from Jim when I congratulated him: Jim has always responded promptly to any questions I’ve asked. I’ve emailed him on weekends […]
By: Diane Benjamin Public Works employees aren’t happy, especially with Jim Karch. The feeling I get from discussions with some of them is that they don’t trust him and how the department is run. Start with the new garbage trucks and cans purchased some years ago. It was supposed to save money and the backs of […]
