Tag: MIchael Hurt

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Bloomington’s Public Safety has DEI Hiring Policies

By: Diane Benjamin A Bloomington Board we know little about: BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS I believe this is the same Board that recently ruled against Ty Carlton: https://blnnews.com/2025/09/01/two-things-you-need-to-know-7/ This link has the rules and regulations governing this Board: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/29826/638355568072014235 Two excerpts from that link: . . Why does the underlined matter? Because changes […]

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What a Waste of Money

By: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington is now dreaming up ways to keep discriminatory DEI policies by calling them other names: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-12/city-of-bloomington-to-host-a-free-symposium-discussing-the-future-of-inclusion-and-access Mentioned in the story: (What happened to the .gov extension?) All of the salaries came from OpenTheBooks.com. If you haven’t tried the new format, you should! Michael Hurt salary in 2024: $121,804.15 […]

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Bloomington: Quit celebrating MLK Day

By: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington obviously doesn’t believe in Martin Luther King’s vision of not judging people by the color of their skin. It appears they think no person of color is capable of succeeding on their own merits. In the latest version of expanding government and wasting money on non-essential events, see […]

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The Systemic Racism Myth

By: Diane Benjamin At the WGLT mayoral debate the good leftist host had to bring up systemic racism, that discussion kept him from asking about real issues. You are expected to believe minorities can not succeed because whites won’t let them. Obviously it’s a myth because their are countless successful minorities. Obviously it is a […]