By: Diane Benjamin Copied from Nextdoor: Is anyone else concerned about the deteriorating condition of Walt Bitnerpark in eagle Crest East? The playground equipment needs painting, and the roofs are beginning to rot. It is only a matter of time until a child gets injured. Also, the shrubs at the entrance on Connie Kay Way, […]
By: Diane Benjamin Normal has a park off Constitution Trail called Rosa Parks. https://normal.org/1421/Rosa-Parks Below is what the flowerbed around the sign looks like: (h/t a reader) Those are all weeds, no flowers. Evidently Normal has money to build things, no money to maintain them. Government, either: quit constructing things in a way that requires […]
By: Diane Benjamin Did the BCPA have only held 3 events during March? Only 3 reports are listed on the City website. All three lost money and had dismal attendance: http://www.cityblm.org/government/advanced-components/documents/-folder-1702 Other events took place according to the event calendar: http://www.artsblooming.org/events/calendar?cury=2019&curm=3&curd=31&curview=month Zero transparency for those. The losses above do not include salaries and other operating […]
By: Diane Benjamin Update to this story: https://blnnews.com/2017/01/16/all-they-do-is-plan/ The new City of Bloomington website does not include packets from prior years. The packets are what contain all those pesky details that the City now evidently wants to hide. I can show you what was paid to the company that did the last update to the […]
