By: Diane Benjamin The National League of Cities created a searchable database showing where the Infrastructure Bill money is being spent. Look at Illinois – lots of money went to Public Transportation and electric buses. I wonder how many were bought from the bankrupt Proterra? Keep in mind all this money was printed and increased […]
By: Diane Benjamin Open the Books has a new interactive map showing the salaries of government employees across the country. I highlighted Bloomington Normal. When you click on the link below you will see 4 “balloons” over BlONO. Make sure you click on all 4, the data is different on each. Want to know why […]
By: Diane Benjamin The people forced to pay Normal’s employees – TAXPAYERS – have a right to know how much they are paying. If Normal posts employee compensation anywhere on their website, it is well hidden. Luckily, OpenTheBooks.com has the 2016 salaries. Benefits and the cost of pensions are NOT included. See all the salaries […]
By: Diane Benjamin Keep in mind: the country is $18,000,000,000,000 in debt. (Trillion – hard to get that many zeros right!) Big banks aren’t lending money to small businesses. Some banks will lend if the loans are backed by the Small Business Administration, or sometimes the SBA just loans the money themselves. Everybody knows economic […]
