Isn’t this special

By:  Diane Benjamin Yesterday Alderman Jenn Carrillo posted a video on her Alderman Facebook page instructing illegals on what to do if ICE comes to their house or business.  She claims she has been advocating for illegals for 10 years.  She must think illegals all speak Spanish, she used both Spanish and English.  Jenn is […]

More proof capitalism is dead in Bloomington

By:  Diane Benjamin Remember the property Bloomington bought on N Main in 2016 for $1.4 million?  Tari’s buddies, Kirk Holdings, leveled the old Mennonite Hospital buildings.  Then the City bought it so nobody else could.  It has been sitting vacant and generating no tax revenue ever since. Tuesday night the City is teaming up with […]

Who destroyed downtown?

By:  Diane Benjamin According to Wikipedia: Back in 1967 virtually nothing existed where Eastland Mall is today.  Locals tell me the City Council cheered the new mall without understanding moving anchor stores from downtown would result in today’s conditions. How many employees did the Pantagraph formerly have downtown?  They recently created another empty large building […]