By: Diane Benjamin You can’t see any of the Public Comments because the camera never changed to show them. You can only hear them. Even though City Code prohibits holding meetings on a Federal or State holiday they did. (Chap 2 Sect 15) Maybe staff had the day off except for a rookie called in […]
By: Diane Benjamin See this WGLT story about Holy Trinity Church: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-09-04/bloomington-planning-commission-recommends-making-holy-trinity-church-a-local-historic-site?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook This excerpt is all you need to know: . If the property owner doesn’t want the designation then the Council vote should be a unanimous NO. Obviously the Planning Commission doesn’t respect Property Rights. We will see when the Council votes on September […]
By: Diane Benjamin Realtors got heavily involved in last April’s Election. You probably noticed lots of campaign mail had their name on it – from Springfield. In addition they gave Koos: McCarthy: Cummings: Preston: Look up all contributions here: https://illinoissunshine.org/ FYI: Bob Broad, Planning Commission head and Julie Hile partner plus advocate for zoning changes […]
By: Diane Benjamin Proposed Zoning ordinance: http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=20438 Normally when changes are made to existing ordinances the original version is used as a baseline document. Parts are crossed out and the proposed changes are listed. This document is not presented like that. Therefore, it must be a total re-write of all zoning ordinances. Considering the document […]
