By: Diane Benjamin I was going to redact the guy’s name in the hope District 87 had the good sense to fire him. Since numerous complaints have been made about his harassment and inappropriate comments to female students AND he hasn’t been fired yet – I’m not redacting his name. The presentation by the Bloomington […]
Why do schools do nothing when a “teacher” sexually harasses female students year after year? Specifics later, how widespread is the problem? Right now it’s D87. Comment or email: blnnews@yahoo.com
Downs Fire Protection District – Christmas Party turns Sexual Harrassment – Less than one month after drafting a sexual harassment policy, according to recently released emails and other documents, the Downs Fire Protection District apparently held a Christmas Party on December 2, 2017, and sometime during said party, things turned sexual. The new policy was […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Chicago Tribune has been doing great reporting and editorials on Mike Madigan’s problem: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-madigan-harassment-investigation-springfield-20180301-story.html Excerpt: I’m glad Madigan refuses to resign. He doesn’t think hiding allegations of wide-spread sexual abuse in Springfield means he should. After he is re-elected by his precinct in November, Democrats will need to vote him back […]
By: Diane Benjamin Readers should be well aware by now that what government talks about in Executive Session remains a secret – in Bloomington’s case for a decade or more. It’s only a secret because they want it to be a secret – I’m talking about things like City Manager evaluations. The Open Meetings Act […]
