Bloomington’s Proactive Property Maintenance Enforcement

By: Diane Benjamin On December 8, 2025 the Bloomington City Council heard a presentation on Proactive Property Maintenance Enforcement Update: . Since I didn’t write much about this, I asked GROK AI when it happened. I remembered it, just not when. Grok gave me the answer in 10 seconds. PDF page 5: https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1012/files/agenda/9377 As long […]

FYI Bloomington

While the administration and City Council were enthralled last night with their glorious plans for downtown, real people live in the rest of the City. The $10 million budgeted for streets and sidewalks isn’t gloat worthy, that doesn’t stop them from doing it anyway. Is this sidewalk on the list? Seen on NextDoor

Nextdoor comments to Mboka’s WGLT story

By: Diane Benjamin I don’t comment on NextDoor but reading the comments is interesting. Somebody posted this story: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-01-16/bloomington-mayor-says-migrant-arrivals-are-an-opportunity The comments below prove the immigration extremists showed up at the County Board meeting to protest Chuck Erickson’s ordinance. The opposite side stayed home and vented on their keyboard. Which side affects votes by elected officials? Obviously, not most of these […]