By: Diane Benjamin Check this website to see if you have unclaimed money: https://icash.illinoistreasurer.gov/ Claiming it is not easy in most cases. Just entering information usually isn’t enough. At least now documents they email to you can now be uploaded via the website. The treasurer’s office used to want you to get them notarized and […]
By: Diane Benjamin It’s not hard to find someone at State Farm willing to talk. The employees have no idea whether they will have a job tomorrow, 3 months from now, or 6 months from now. I’m told 2018 is going to be worse for downsizing than 2017 was. Keep your eyes on this site: https://www.thelayoff.com/state-farm […]
By: Diane Benjamin From Connect Transit’s October report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1anF4rCMlP7zqbGQ3vM1EE6PhNz-FaJ9x/view PDF page 14 Ridership Increasing! Problem? Those 225,646 generated less than $100,000. The first chart only reflects Fixed Routes, not Connect Mobility. Of course there is more to the story: See this link for October 2016: PDF page 20 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4zAZemF_qQuZEhveVl3aVMzakE/view Total Operating Revenue with fewer riders […]
By: Diane Benjamin Would you prefer an adequate number of Lifeguards on duty when you take your kids to the pool, or a historic building benefiting one lady? If the taxpayers in Normal knew all the facts concerning the “historic” property at 305 Pine St, they might consider it a waste of their money. Let’s […]
By: Diane Benjamin Today the Pantagraph printed this Letter to the Editor: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/ciam-should-provide-information/article_6b4daeab-9b06-5c78-a0ab-1a41646ffe43.html That isn’t the letter Erik submitted! He emailed the original to me: Diane, This is the original text of my letter: . Thank you for your article in the Sept. 1 Pantagraph about the Coliseum and it’s relationship with the former manager. […]
by: Diane Benjamin I don’t know what Gary’s title is, something like Managing Editor, but today he proved why the Pantagraph is completely irrelevant! The same attitude and lack of information used to write his editorial today pervades the entire paper. It starts with Associate Press’s out-right lies and left bending (not leaning!) approach to […]
