Civilization in Decline

By: Diane Benjamin I was at the Casey’s in Normal yesterday that was looted. A copy of the Pantagraph was laying on the counter, I asked an out of town friend who grew up here if she had heard about it. The clerk behind the counter started telling us about what happened. He was obviously […]

Equal justice under the law?

By: Diane Benjamin No, this has nothing to do with the election. It does have to do with Judge William Yoder. None of the news stories pertaining to the former Normal Police Officer who admitted stealing $12,000 said who the judge was. The only way I know is from a WGLT picture: https://www.wglt.org/post/former-normal-police-officer-pleads-guilty-theft-case#stream/0 How can […]

Ironic, isn’t it?

By:  Diane Benjamin One of the demands of Black Lives Matter is to end cash bail.  They want the jails cleared out of murder suspects, armed robbery suspects, rapists – etc.  They don’t think it’s fair for minorities to sit in jail because they can’t afford bail when they haven’t been convicted of anything. That […]

Looting in Normal, don’t ask questions

By:  Diane Benjamin Videos of the looting at Target are all over Facebook.  Obviously most of the people involved have not been arrested, but worse the videos show police did little to stop it. A resident of Normal had questions – note he sent this email to the entire Council, Mayor and City Manager: Doug […]

Who instigated the looters?

If I can ever get a video editor to work, I will show you,  Meanwhile the below are the tragic results of people who think they are entitled to an uncivilized society: Please frequent this business, the story is heartbreaking.  The address is 606 N Clinton in Bloomington.