By: Diane Benjamin This morning I attended the GOP breakfast because it featured the candidates for the Normal Town Council and Normal Township. Chris Koos made a comment about Uptown 2.0 I find hard to believe. He claims there isn’t enough retail and office space in Uptown now, so Uptown 2.0 is to provide more. […]
By: Diane Benjamin Tonight Bloomington and Normal’s Councils are holding a “social” event. Thanks to a reader who sent this to me: Looks to me like eavesdroppers should attend! Somebody else could check for impairment when they leave! I know Koos and Renner were shocked at how fast the Bloomington Council rejected Sales Tax sharing. […]
By: Diane Benjamin The sharing of Sales Tax with Normal was not discussed at the Council meeting Monday. Continuing talks were voted down at the meeting before – the Work Session. Two supporters, a guy from the Chamber of Commerce and another from the Economic Development Council, spoke before two citizens. You need to hear […]
By: Diane Benjamin Just so everyone is clear on which Aldermen wanted to continue talking about Sales tax sharing with Normal: Jim Fruin Diane Hauman Scott Black Amelia Buragas Five Alderman voted against continuing: Schmidt, Painter, Mwilambwe, Sage, and Lower. It’s a dead issue for now. Mayor Renner just doesn’t understand why it failed. BN […]
By: Diane Benjamin Congrats Bloomington! Every one of your elected representatives managed to attend the unscheduled Council meeting last night! Normal wasn’t happy when Bloomington announced Kroger was moving down the road and across the street. The story I’ve heard from numerous sources is that David Hales kept it a secret. Normal had NO IDEA […]
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