By: Diane Benjamin Yes, cramming local elections close to divisive national elections is on purpose. You are expected to not notice or vote, thanks for complying! Turnout is ridiculously low for electing people taxing you to DEATH. The big ones are: Both City Council and School Boards I couldn’t find any mention of the April […]
By: Diane Benjamin Lots of people have asked me who is responsible for last night Bloomington Township meeting. The meeting was called because it only takes 15 valid signatures to force a township meeting. Maybe those who think the Bloomington Election Commission should be abolished should put a question on the November ballot! There are […]
By: Diane Benjamin Are you getting signatures? https://blnnews.com/2024/01/29/its-not-the-states-job-to-parent-your-kids/ It is VITAL this question gets on the November ballot: Why is it vital? Because HB 4876 was introduced in the Illinois House. This bill finds parents guilty of child abuse if they don’t allow their child to get an abortion or gender-affirming care: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4876&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152735&SessionID=112&GA=103 More on this bill and the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Public Schools in Illinois are a threat to your job as parents. A group called Parents Matter Coalition wants to put this on the November ballot: Advisory Question of Public Policy on the Right to Parent . See this website for more information: https://www.parentsmattercoalition.org/ You can download petitions with instructions at that link. Get involved! Schools should not […]
By: Diane Benjamin Have some fun, click here: https://evtown.org/ Know who owns that website? I hope you noticed the wind turbines, it isn’t just about EV’s. The Town of Normal owns it – the phone number goes to Planning. Take another trip here: https://apps.ilsos.gov/lobbyistsearch/lobbyistsearch That link should show a registered lobbyist named RECALL STRATEGIES, LLC […]
Update: The Town of Normal can not pay staff to review the signatures, that would be electioneering and illegal! Close to 2200 signatures will be submitted to the Town of Normal this afternoon. Signing the petition only gets a Yes or No question on the November ballot. Next the real fun starts! Let’s see who […]
By: Diane Benjamin All filing are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CKSJBbVo0bgIPLEZqgWjZg9F2y1rPXV2 It is interesting to see who filed the optional loyalty oath and who didn’t. It is also fun to see who circulated petitions for who, that reveals who is connected to people you may or may not want to see in office. It also shows if […]
By: Diane Benjamin The last day to file for the Bloomington or Normal councils was yesterday. There is still time to file for school boards. The Bloomington Election Commission was lightning fast posting the petitions of of those running for office: https://www.becvote.org/wordpress/petitions-challenges/ Petitions for Normal were filed with the Town Clerk. Evidently they are SECRET […]
By: Diane Benjamin A new sign went up across the street from the Atlanta Public Library:
By: Diane Benjamin See the report issued by the Bloomington Election Commission in this post: https://blnnews.com/2016/12/17/wjbc-please-stop-the-fake-news/ The document clearly shows Tari Renner submitted 785 signatures and after the line-by-line review he ended up with 581. That means 204 signatures were found to be invalid. Below is an email a citizen sent to […]
Monday is the last day to file a protest. Let me know if you are going to file. Update #2 – Her petitions ARE been examined for a possible challenge! By: Diane Benjamin Diana Hauman’s petitions should also have been challenged. Today might be the last day to do so, not sure. If you want […]
By: Diane Benjamin The hearing will be Monday 9:00 am at the Government Center – Room #403 This hearing is open to the public. Kevin Gerrard will appreciate your support. So far only WGLT has covered the story: http://wglt.org/post/attempt-filed-knock-bloomington-mayor-ballot#stream/0 Renner called the review frivolous. Kevin and his team have flagged over 300 signatures as well […]
By: Diane Benjamin A reader has done an extensive investigative look at the petitions Tari Renner filed with the Bloomington Election Commission. They are riddled with addresses that look like the same person completed the address part. He thinks it is worth his time to compare the signatures with the ones BEC has on file […]
By: Diane Benjamin Tari’s signature on a City of Bloomington document – PDF page 8: http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=11529 Another City Signature from September PDF page 5: http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=11309 Below are various pages from the petitions submitted by Renner. http://www.becvote.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/TariRenner.pdf Look at the printing. Sometimes the A’s are capital, sometimes they aren’t. The same applies to E’s. Now look […]
Petitions for local office were allowed to be circulated starting August 30. Filing petitions starts tomorrow. Flying around I saw a bunch of people in the Christmas spirit at the Festival of Trees. They became unhappy to be assaulted by Renner volunteers wanting petitions signed! In 2 1/2 months Tari couldn’t get a minimum […]
