By: Diane Benjamin Tari Renner is a community organizer. He was a speaker at Camp Obama in 2007: https://blnnews.com/2013/02/25/vetting-tari-renner-obama/ After 8 years of a President who didn’t care about laws, the local radicals are outraged a President was elected to end the chaos Obama caused. See Renner’s picture and comments from last night’s Rally for […]
By: Diane Benjamin By now readers know sometimes laws matter, sometimes they don’t. It all depends on how the people who are charged with enforcing them “feel”. Remember these signs popping up in yards and schools? (Do the schools still have them?) What does the Bloomington City Code say about signs in yards? (The website […]
By: Diane Benjamin Thanks to the Vidette, video exists of Tari’s speech at the NIOT Democratic rally. Tari’s portion is less than two minutes. They took short clips of various speakers and put them together. I have no idea what Martin Luther King had to do with this event since it was supposedly to oppose […]
This sign is at U-High. Normal Community also has one. Evidently being here legally isn’t a requirement. ____________________________ By: Diane Benjamin This is the sign Not In Our Town supporters are putting around town: It means one thing to the people upset that Hillary Clinton lost the election and something totally different to everybody else. […]
By: Diane Benjamin First, Tina Salamone has been wonderful to work with. Every time I asked a question I received a quick response – no FOIA needed. A reader found a rate sheet on the BCPA website http://www.artsblooming.org/rentals/rental-information Starting at the top of the rate sheet, it appears NIOT wasn’t charged enough. I emailed Tina […]
I had to add this tweet – this person lives in Bloomington! NIOT! By: Diane Benjamin These pics are from the NIOT Bloomington-Normal Facebook page. Obviously not all the attendees agreed with what was being said, both pics show numerous people sitting and not clapping while other are standing and cheering. Note the sign in […]
By: Diane Benjamin I doubt any attendees of the event last night will take the time to watch this video. Actually having a discussion of facts is no longer possible. If you read the comments made to the Pantagraph reporter, it’s clear FAKE NEWS is rampant and now encouraged by both local mayors. Where was […]
By: Diane Benjamin Mike Matejka is hosting a Not In Our Town event tonight inside the BCPA. From the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1826853930904096/ Who is talking about registering anybody Mike? This event is really an attack on President Trump’s Executive Order that TEMPORARILY bans travel from 7 countries until he is sure no terrorists are entering […]
By: Diane Benjamin On September 24th the NAACP is holding an event in Bloomington: Dr. Wallace is a very successful women, but I wonder if she will state her support for the athletes now disrespecting the National Anthem? She did recently: […]
By: Diane Benjamin Remember when Tari Renner made a BIG deal about the Not In Our Town pledge in December 2014, then violated it a few months later with his rant on this site: http://blnnews.com/2015/02/11/tari-attacks-me-again-not-in-our-town/ Evidently the yearly pledge drive is dead, or maybe they just don’t ask Tari to participate anymore. They were MIA […]
By: Diane Benjamin Tari Renner signed the Not In Our Town pledge. He even made a big deal about it at a Council meeting. Other members of the Council signed it as well. Evidently Judy Stearns was correct when she called it “window dressing”. The pledge is meaningless when violators, especially signers, suffer no consequences […]
By: Diane Benjamin Today the Not In Our Town gang visited Checker Cab because of a sign owner Aaron Halliday had on his property. A protest was held outside his business over a joke. Question: Did you picket City Hall when Tari Renner violated the Not In Our Town pledge he signed?
By: Diane Benjamin A citizen saw what was coming way back last October. He sent this video of his comments to me. TubeChop – October 20, 2014 – Committee of the Whole City Council Meeting (03:16) Bruce Meeks Not In Our Town . The Pledge: From the City of Bloomington website: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=18&recordid=1519
More Not In Our Town hypocrisy from Twitter: Is this where I’m supposed to say “I object to these words and the damage they cause. They have no place in our community.” (from the NIOT pledge – Intolerant words) By: Diane Benjamin If you watched the Bloomington City Council meeting last Monday you saw: Tari […]
A reader pointed out something I didn’t see: Renner saw Brexton in the audience and made sure he got a comment card and was able to speak. Other people have not been allowed to speak if they didn’t show up in time to fill out a card! Renner even had the Council vote to allow […]
By: Diane Benjamin There must be a good name for the Pantagraph reporting of last night’s event, but I will just call it ridiculous. “More than a hundred” people attended, yep, more than 100. If they had bothered to ask, the church’s main floor holds around 310. Chairs were set up behind the pews and […]
By: Diane Benjamin What kind of Police Officer makes a statement like “I hope he bleeds to death” when commenting on a stabbing victim? City Manager David Hales says it’s a personnel issue and disciplinary action was “serious”. Do you know ANYBODY who would say the same thing of an injured person? The Bloomington Police Facebook […]
by: Diane Benjamin A comment made by Mayor Renner at the end of Monday’s meeting has been bothering me ever since. Watch the video stating at 1:18:33. It’s short. . What is the point Mayor? Not in Our Town? What is not going to happen in our town? You have no facts, so what’s the […]
