Coming soon: Utopia Crash

By:  Diane Benjamin Monday night the Bloomington City Council approved this: In case you forgot, the Council approved this payment at the March 27th meeting – PDF Page 253  http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=12448 The documentation for this meeting states the YWCA needs to money to continue operations until the end of their fiscal year.  They are transporting people […]

The price of “Let’s all agree”

By:  Diane Benjamin The following information was received by a reader under the Freedom of Information Act. Remember Lynn Montei?  She’s the facilitator who leads retreats.  The goal is getting the Council to all agree with David Hales.  Montei led last November’s retreat and the one this summer.  (maybe others)  I thought Alderman Hauman was […]

Where was David Hales?

By:  Diane Benjamin Evidently his P-Card was broken: DAVID HALES  INV 10/12/2015 CHICAGO 9/15 128075 Admin Pro Develp 84.25 Invoice Net 84.25 CHECK TOTAL 84.25 DAVID HALES INV 10/12/2015 SEATTLE 9/15 128076 Admin Pro Develp 304.00 Invoice Net 304.00 CHECK TOTAL 304.00 Bills and Payroll:  Page 22  http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=9246 Seattle just happens to be where the […]

Expect Representation? The jokes on YOU

By:  Diane Benjamin The citizens of Bloomington have a right to be angry.  Renner appointed his own hacks to study the budget while David Hales tells them what to consider (certainly not the Admin budget!).  The library wants to build while traffic is decreasing.  Hales throws your money out the window so employees get higher […]

Council Retreat: Here’s the minutes

by:  Diane Benjamin Last November the Bloomington City Council held a 2 day retreat.  This morning I couldn’t find the retreat minutes at the link I previously had, but I did finally locate them:  Retreat Minutes Mayor Renner has publicly claimed the budget has been discussed for 9 months.  This morning he claimed the budget […]