Comment to the Normal Town Council

By:  Diane Benjamin I’m up to page 202 of 924 in my latest FOIA! The comment below was submitted on-line to the Normal Town Council.  I don’t know who Victoria is but I bet many of you will agree with her comments.  (It likely aggravated some Trustees ♥)  

Taxes pre-Tari and now

By:  Diane Benjamin Earlier this week I recapped all the taxes you probably didn’t know about:  https://blnnews.com/2016/05/31/taxes-you-probably-didnt-know-about/ I’m taking the same list and adding the Budget from 2013:  FY 2013-10010 Non Departmental 2017 has a line that transfers $1,504,300 out of the total, so the real difference from 2013 to 2017 is $19,503,030. Some of […]

More Coliseum FACTS-UPDATE

One note:  2007-2008 is only for 11 months.  I’m trying to locate a 12 month report.  It’s NOT on the City website.  Revenues are down even more than this report shows. By:  Diane Benjamin The below are from statements prepared by Central Illinois Arena Management.  These are the un-audited version. The 2007-2008 statement is not […]

Why was the Sales Tax increased?

By:  Diane Benjamin The vote to raise the Sales Tax was rushed through the Bloomington City Council on purpose.  Normal wanted more money, so Tari fixed the vote for Chris Koos.  The reason given was the County’s year-end – they had to have their 1/4% fast. Instead of voting on just the 1/4% increase requested […]