City’s Continuous Improvement on Road Infrastructure

By: Diane Benjamin If you skip all the commercials before the Committee of the Whole meeting started, the festivities were slightly over an hour. If you like commercials there was a long list of shows coming to the BCPA and Arena. The “experiment” Public Works has been doing to replace sidewalks and resurfacing presentation was […]

Pam Reece owes Stan Nord an apology

By: Diane Benjamin I didn’t get around to posting this after the September 20th meeting. Since Normal will be meeting next week, Pam Reece can apologize to Stan Nord then. During comments at the end of the meeting Reece stated that Nord doesn’t agree with spending local motor fuel taxes on sidewalks. Here is her […]

Will Normal’s Council listen?

By: Diane Benjamin The information below was sent to the Normal Town Council a few days ago by a resident of Normal. It concerns the Town’s plans for the additional $.04 gas tax. “Before you spend $’s on bike paths, bike/road new construction or consider Connect Transit funding increases, watch this video.” “Bus corner extension […]

People who need Connect Transit deserve better

By:  Diane Benjamin I had the unfortunate experience of needing to drive around Bloomington today.  I decided to actually look for the Connect Transit flags signifying a stop. Head west on Lincoln from Veterans Parkway.  There are so many flags a bus could probably idle between them! The only one I saw that might be […]

Public Comment last night

By:  Diane Benjamin Public comment went over 30 minutes last night.  That set a new precedent for allowing it to go over 30 minutes without a Council vote.  Keep that in mind when Tari doesn’t want to allow all the speakers in the future.  The 30 minute time limit should only apply when someone is […]