By: Diane Benjamin There was a time when Bloomington grew rapidly and had money to burn. Instead of investing in replacing ancient infrastructure the Council built a fire station that has never been used, the Coliseum, a water tower built too short to use, created give-a-ways to developers, and rehabbed the BCPA. The City Manager […]
By: Diane Benjamin Coliseum history: The below was printed in the Pantagraph on September 3, 2003. It is available on microfiche at the Bloomington Public Library. Tom Hamilton, former City Manager now collecting $11,350 a month in retirement, is quoted in the same edition saying the city’s risk is very low because of the numbers […]
by: Diane Benjamin People receiving pensions under Illinois Law aren’t the problem. The law is the problem, written years ago by people in Springfield thinking they could manage utopia and therefore buy votes. The system worked until people actually started retiring. Their checks automatically increase every year by 3%. Within 10 years they get paid […]
by: Diane Benjamin Or maybe Mr. Niehaus should foot the bill for his retirement party. Received under the Freedom of Information Act, this is what Mr. Niehaus has contributed to his Illinois pension: That seems like a lot of money until you realize his pension will pay him back in less than 2 years. I […]
