3 Things You Need To Know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) I’ve been hearing drug deaths are decreasing across the country, so I decided to look at what’s happening locally. The McLean County Coroner reports them to the Justice Committee every month. December’s number won’t be reported until the February meeting, so I asked Kathy Yoder for the number. Instead of giving […]

Bloomington festivities and budget

By: Diane Benjamin 2 things from last night’s Bloomington Committee of the Whole meeting prove government doesn’t operate with the same mentality as the private sector: 1) . Donna Boelen resigned on December 23rd and was replaced last Monday by Michael Mosley. It must be too difficult to update slides used at Council meetings. (See […]

Lent and Economic Development

By:  Diane Benjamin Wednesday nights used to be off limits for school and government activities because many people attended church activities. “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to […]