Tag: Portillos corner

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Three things you need to know

By: Diane Benjamin Town of Normal cancelled Monday’s meeting: No reason given. Maybe they are afraid of Public Comment after the last meeting’s staged lunacy! In case you missed it: https://blnnews.com/2022/12/06/normal-really-doesnt-want-citizens-interfering-in-their-playground/ FYI: Town offices will be closed on the 23rd and the 26th for Christmas. See the calendar here: https://www.normalil.gov/calendar.aspx?view=list&year=2022&month=12&day=23 Remember how Connect Transit buses […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Village of Normal finally fixes what Connect Transit broke

By Diane Benjamin h/t a reader (a different reader than the one who usually sends pics) Common sense would say if a road can’t handle large buses without driving over curbs and sidewalks the route should be changed to eliminate the problem. Since there is no “common sense” associated with Connect Transit, the corner by […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

More proof government never fixes problems

By: Diane Benjamin I’ve done numerous stories about Connect Transit buses destroying the infrastructure at the north west corner of Portillos. It is impossible for the huge buses to make that turn without running over the curb and sidewalk. That of course crushes the concrete. The corner has been fixed but the bus route was […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Connect Transit meeting today

By: Diane Benjamin Connect must be having a difficult time hiring a new General Manager. They are meeting again today in Executive Session to discuss “personnel matters”. Remember the corner by Portillos the buses can’t navigate? A reader received the email below from MARCH stating CT had contacted the Town of Normal for solutions: Nothing […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Connect Transit at Bloomington on Monday too

By:  Diane Benjamin http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=21989 Issac Thorne will be at the Bloomington Committee of the Whole meeting Monday too.  He won’t stick around long since he has to be in Normal at 7:00. Again, there is nothing on the agenda to allow a vote to reject the Connect Transit budget.  Tari’s “Armageddon” claims were just fear […]