Tag: representative government

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

FOIA Denied in Full

By: Diane Benjamin Follow-up to this story: https://blnnews.com/2024/06/19/foia-fail/ That story shows I requested two things: The emails were all redacted, at the time of that story they were still looking for Gleason’s letter. Yesterday they denied Part 2 because: Unfortunately, the City was unable to find the document requested after an extensive search. Did Tim […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Normal DESERVES Better

https://betternormal-il.com/why-district-normal%3F-1 The people of Normal have no one who specifically represents them. Try emailing a Trustee or all of them and see how many responses you get. It is expensive to run “At-Large” which is why you get hand picked Trustees instead of representative government. Bloomington has Wards which means each alderman represents a part […]