By: Diane Benjamin The three agenda items supporting the redevelopment of Eastland Mall all passed easily at last night’s City Council Meeting. That will be the end of easy because Molly Ward and the other pretend nonpartisan aldermen made demands. Molly will not support any further plans unless they include a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). […]
By: Diane Benjamin Entire agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f7169b76-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-d854eb82-3702-4140-9de6-ac3a8e3f379d-1721418738.pdf The Council will authorize spending $6,841,961.14 to resurface the below: . The regular agenda is filled with downtown TIF actions. I wonder if anybody will mention how much the City will throw in? The Front and Center building and People’s Bank aren’t going to demolish themselves and the property […]
By: Diane Benjamin The probable Project Labor Agreement coming to the City Council is a clear example of pay-to-play politics. Labor unions throw money at aldermen to get them elected, then those alderman pass ordinances that are good for labor unions while also being destructive to taxpayers. Bloomington’s City Manager stated union representatives helped write […]
by Diane Benjamin Reporter Phyllis Coulter did a story about Geothermal energy systems paying off big for local schools. Yes, it does pay off big. But, then facts got in the way of her ideology – or maybe she just isn’t that smart. Quote: “The systems don’t use fossil fuels” . That appears to be […]
