By: Diane Benjamin The new district maps are now available. Of course the Democrats drew them behind closed doors with zero transparency. Anybody hear the local democrats objecting like they did to the County District maps? Primary elections will be moved to June 28. It makes no sense to hold a primary 7-8 months before […]
By: Diane Benjamin One candidate for State office showed up at both the Bloomington City Council meeting and the County Board meeting this week. Evidently she is running her campaign on cannabis: The Council sign says: Support on-site consumption. She must be going for the Jenn Carrillo vote! She is running in the 88th. Her […]
By: Diane Benjamin See this previous post: https://blnnews.com/2016/10/28/connect-transit-tears/ I made the list in that story quickly this morning – chances are good I missed some! The list was to make a point, not get exact numbers. I saw many other items I could have added, like THOUSANDS spent on HVAC. Isn’t the facility pretty new? […]
See this story for the totals: https://blnnews.com/2016/10/28/connect-transit-totals/https://blnnews.com/2016/10/28/connect-transit-totals/ By: Diane Benjamin I didn’t attend the Connect Transit meeting last night, but I have reports from people who did. Of course people spoke that rely on buses, but people also spoke about BUDGETING a $12,000,000 loss when the country and the State of Illinois both have no […]
This site will end without your support. Click here to contribute: http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ Below is a recap of votes taken in the HOUSE yesterday. Note how many times Dan Brady voted Present! Keith Sommer even had a few. See the entire report: http://tinyurl.com/a7njqw6 Legislation remains on second reading – will need another vote in House before […]
by: Diane Benjamin According to the state Comptroller’s website: http://ledger.illinoiscomptroller.com/index.cfm/find-the-salary-of-a-state-employee/find-state-employee-salary-sql/ Salary paid through 11/30/2012 Dan Brady $75,123.95 (annual: $81,953.40) Bill Brady $77,382.03 (annual: $84,416.76) Keith Sommer $68,355.10 (annual: $74,569.20) GARS = General Assembly Retirement System This information was obtain under the Freedom of Information Act: Dan Brady has served 11 years and 11 months. He has […]
Illinois Review posted a story this weekend about Madigan’s pension mess. It concentrated on the bill allowing people to work briefly for the state, then work for a union, then collect huge state pensions based on their work for other organizations instead of the state. Madigan, of course, wrote the bill to benefit an […]
