By: Diane Benjamin FYI: The Vote Yes people committed more electioneering at ISU on Tuesday. Of course no prosecutions will happen, they were eventually kicked out by the election judges. Winning is all that matters to the left, breaking laws or lying is immaterial. Keep reading for proof. This is what happened, I hope Cities […]
By: Diane Benjamin Executive Orders are not law. We don’t live in a dictatorship, the only power government has is what you let them get by with! The Illinois shutdown has morphed from “bending the curve” to tyranny. The Edgar County Watchdogs have been leading since March by simply reading the law. The State and […]
By: Diane Benjamin Since Tari Renner thinks “bloggers” lie and their findings should therefore be ignored, this story is for him. The rest of you sick of elected/appointed officials who scam the system will enjoy it too. The criminal conduct found by the Edgar County Watchdogs was reported by a local CBS affiliate. Both John […]
Just like magic – the comments to the Pantagraph story are back. Here’s one: By: Diane Benjamin The Pantagraph has a story about Beth Whisman stepping down from the Airport Authority Board: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/whisman-resigns-from-airport-board-due-to-job-conflict/article_4a553dc2-2423-58b8-8d44-cdd535b1f6b6.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-2 Besides proving Chris Koos and Normal’s legal team didn’t bother to read the law (or they can’t read), the Pantagraph proved real […]
By: Diane Benjamin The conversation below is from Mayor Tari Renner Facebook page. Krista Vogel Cardona was Renner’s campaign manager twice and the daughter of Steve Vogel. John Kraft is one of the Edgar County Watchdogs. The two names I redacted are private citizens and not the same person. If you have a Facebook account, […]
The subject of this story is also the President of the McLean County Mayors Association. I hope he isn’t providing any advice to the other mayors. By: Diane Benjamin Corruption in small towns rivals any found in large cities. Dixon only had 15,000+ people and got taken for $50 Million by a trusted “public servant”. […]
Update is at the end. By: Diane Benjamin Thursday night I road tripped with the Edgar County Watchdogs (John Kraft and Kirk Allen) to Stark County. We attended a “Special” County Board meeting which occurred because the meeting on Tuesday was adjourned after the citizens who showed couldn’t all fit in the room. The chairperson […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you missed the Edgar County Watchdog Citizen Training in Bloomington – you have another chance this Saturday: Date and Time Sat, January 21, 2017 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location Hilton Garden Inn Champaign/Urbana 1501 S. Neil Street Champaign, IL 61820 Click HERE to register! It will be the fastest 4 […]
By: Diane Benjamin When the Edgar County Watchdogs told the Bloomington Election Commission their meeting was illegal BEFORE the meeting started, they started the meeting anyway. Then, when Kirk Allen, John Kraft, and I interrupted the meeting because it was illegal – they called the police! Relive great moments in Bloomington history by watching the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Today the Edgar County Watchdogs, Kirk Allen and John Kraft, are receiving a NATIONAL honor. They will receive the award in Nashville at the SPN Annual Meeting: http://www.cvent.com/events/spn-24th-annual-meeting/event-summary-17582afac7254eb881abfc15f0efe30f.aspx SPN 24th Annual Meeting SPN’s Annual Meeting is the leading conference in the freedom movement aimed squarely at advancing state policy reforms essential to […]
By: Diane Benjamin This morning I had a long breakfast with the Edgar County Watchdogs, Kirk Allen and John Kraft. They call me when they are passing through town. For some reason they always pick places on the west side to eat, that gives me a chance to see how bad the roads are on […]
By: Diane Benjamin Back in December I wrote about a confidentiality agreement the Clark County Park District forced John Kraft from Edgar County Watchdogs to sign. You can see it here: http://blnnews.com/2015/12/31/clark-county-park-district-not-confidential/ The Park District thought they could bury the settlement with a stupid statement signed by John. Evidently they forgot the check issued to […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember back in 2014 when the Edgar County Watchdogs did a Citizens Arrest of the entire Clark County Park District Board? See these two stories: http://blnnews.com/2014/05/17/more-on-clark-county-citizens-arrest-video/ http://blnnews.com/2014/05/14/citizen-arrests-clark-county-park-district-board/ The Park District Board still hasn’t learned laws matter. They also haven’t learned not to mess with the Edgar County Watchdogs. One of the Watchdogs, […]
By: Diane Benjamin By now you should know who the Edgar County Watchdogs are. You may not know they also go by the name Illinois Leaks. Tips flow into them from all over the State. All it takes to end the corruption in Illinois is people with inside knowledge to speak up. They posted this story: In The […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is the video of Kirk Allen, John Kraft, and Judy Stearns speaking at the 5:30 meeting yesterday that was not live streamed. Kirk and John drove 2 hours to be in Bloomington to address the Council on the proposed changes to the Public Comment ordinance. Note, I intentionally filmed non-verbal reactions to the […]
