Public Servants that aren’t a priority

By: Diane Benjamin More from the Comptroller’s data, see links to the data in this story: https://blnnews.com/2023/11/16/surprise-surprise-comptroller-suddenly-has-the-data/ IMRF pension funding is all employees that aren’t police and fire: Bloomington: IMRF: 89.6% funded, surprisingly down from 111.8% Police: 56.6%, down from 62.2% Fire: 57.1%, down from 62.9% Normal: IMRF: 86.0% funded, down from 106.2% Police: 49%, […]

Bloomington Debt

By: Diane Benjamin A reader asked me yesterday what the debt for the City of Bloomington looks like since Tari Renner became mayor.  Another reader did the research for me.  Below are two tables he sent to me: Source: PDF page 36 http://www.cityblm.org/home/showdocument?id=12330 . Source:  PDF page 33  http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=7479 The biggest difference between the two […]