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Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Why is the Sports Complex back?

By:  Diane Benjamin The report provided to both Bloomington and Normal in July of 2018 should have ended the conversation on a sports complex:  https://blnnews.com/2018/07/17/sports-complex-must-be-dead-on-arrival/ Why discussions have resurfaced now for an even more expensive facility – $50,000,000 -is slightly a mystery.  I know a few people to blame, why anybody thinks this is a […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

$20-$30 million for low wage jobs

By:  Diane Benjamin Mark Peterson – Normal’s City Manager – talked to WGLT yesterday:  http://wglt.org/post/public-private-partnership-lacking-establish-sports-complex#stream/0 Peterson thinks taxpayers should pony up $20-$30 million for a sports complex! The total cost will be $50 million, but it’s not a Public-Private partnership.  He doesn’t say where the rest of the money will come from or who will […]