By: Diane Benjamin The video below is from Public Comment at the McLean County Board meeting last night. Just hit play. These speakers expect poll workers to be perfect. Perfection doesn’t exist. Nobody is perfect. 4 people spoke and then Kathy Michael. Why anyone would sign up to be a poll worker if they aren’t […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Rules Committee didn’t bother to meet to correct the stunt Democrats played in February, so the Public Comment policy is still illegal and not on the Agenda tonight to fix. In case you forgot: https://blnnews.com/2024/02/16/county-must-see-public-comments/ Elections: This primary election will prove Illinois’ voting season is a complete waste of money. Turnout […]
By: Diane Benjamin Sample ballots area available for everywhere but Bloomington here: https://mcleancountyil.gov/1600/Ballots I don’t know why Democrats would show up since I didn’t see a single contested election except President and that vote is immaterial. Will Dems vote Republican to take out candidates they hate? I wouldn’t be surprised. Republicans at least have a few contested races: County […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Jeff Fritzen’s case against the Town of Normal and High Haven for how the special use permit was approved got tossed out of court: https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/01/04/judge-throws-out-ex-normal-town-councilmans-cannabis-dispensary-lawsuit/?outputType=amp Hilarious quote from the judge: Judge Foley wrote: “Case law is clear that a home rule municipality is not bound by its own procedures, unless in doing so the […]
By: Diane Benjamin Bloomington cancelled next Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. They use these meetings to soften up the Council for futured spending. Citizens are temporarily safe: (and I don’t have to watch 2 meetings in one night!) Not sure if this is good news, it depends on who is planning to run for […]
By: Diane Benjamin If the voters of Bloomington had been intelligent enough to abolish the Bloomington Election Commission when they had a chance, results would be easier to understand. Now, for many races, the results from Bloomington need to be added to the rest of the County to see who won. It is a waste […]
By: Diane Benjamin VOTE Bloomington sample ballots: https://www.becvote.org/wordpress/electiondatesandoffices/specimen-ballot/ Everywhere but Bloomington: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/692/Sample-Ballots You have to vote either Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or nonpartisan (only matters for Letory and El Paso-Gridley Schools). Picking a party doesn’t make you a member of that party. It does prevent you from seeing the same old names on the ballot again in […]
By: Diane Benjamin Two school districts have bond referendums on the ballot. Check to see if both just paid off bonds, to keep from lowering taxes they decided to borrow more money. Voters do not need to choose a party to vote on these two: If you live in the City of Bloomington see a […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you attended the last mayoral debate at the Doubletree, you know the large room was packed. Unfortunately, the League of Women Voters and WGLT are holding another debate in Uptown. Yes, it makes perfect sense to hold a Bloomington mayoral debate in Normal! (Sure) It’s being held at the ISU Galleries. […]
By: Diane Benjamin I heard again last weekend “I don’t vote in primaries because I don’t want to declare a party”. The guy who said it will complain in November about only having the same inept people available to vote for. The GREAT candidates lose in the primary. Challengers don’t have the money incumbents have, […]
By: Diane Benjamin If you are voting in the Primary March 15th: If a candidate is running unopposed, and you really don’t think that person is doing a good job – LEAVE the space BLANK! Why? The candidate is going to be on the November ballot regardless of your vote or no vote. The candidate […]
By: Diane Benjamin February 4th early voting is going to start – as scheduled. Bloomington and the County will be ready, evidently challenges to some Presidential candidates petitions have been worked out. Now, Don’t do it. Once you vote, it can’t be changed. The actual election day is March 15th. A lot can change by […]
By Sarah Welander If you were planning on voting early, you are going to have to wait. The delay has been caused by objections to several of the candidates running for president. The date has been moved to Feb 17th, though it is unlikely that this date will be met. There are hundreds of thousands […]
By: Diane Benjamin Is the City Council going to hold Tari accountable? Is Tari going to quit? I have no idea. If you live in Bloomington, call your alderman. Call City Hall – I hear the phones are ringing constantly from outraged citizens. Tari has 7 Aldermen that support him almost 100% of the time. […]
by: Diane Benjamin North Korea’s citizens just voted 100% for their dictator. Saddam Hussein got close to 100% of the vote in Iraq. These guys didn’t get high vote totals because the people loved them. Politicians aren’t elected here because people love them either. They are elected by special interest groups who show up. It’s […]
