UPDATE: County to vote against the Chamber

The County Board voted to kill the Scritchlow amendment.  I taped the meeting and will be posting the discussion.  5 Republicans voted with the Democrats. By:  Diane Benjamin For once the Chamber of Commerce is on the right side of an issue.  Usually they love Big government tax and spend liberals. The Ecology Action Center claims […]

County: Mandatory Recycling TOMORROW

By:  Diane Benjamin Tomorrow we will find out who the real Republicans are on the County Board.  I can assure you that some of them do not believe in limited government.  Mandating recycling is not only impossible to enforce, it attacks the poor the most.  If landlords and businesses are FORCED to recycle, rents will […]

County Board just might attack your wallet!

By:  Diane Benjamin I’m hearing rumors that the MANDATORY RECYCLING people really want the Scritchlow Amendment scrapped and they are making progress convincing County Board members to go along with them.  Details here:  https://blnnews.com/2018/01/06/robustelli-wrong-scritchlow-right/ The purpose of government is not to tell you how to live your life.  RINO’S and Democrats think it is. If they […]

Robustelli wrong, Scritchlow right!

By:  Diane Benjamin This week the McLean County Land Use committee rejected forcing people to recycle.  An amendment was brought to the committee by newly appointed member Ryan Scritchlow.  Even though Board member Carlo Robustelli is not a member of the Land Use Committee, it didn’t stop him from making this comment on Facebook: Carlo, […]