By: Diane Benjamin Yesterday WGLT published a comprehensive story about the Coliseum. Ryan Denham proved journalism isn’t dead in Bloomington-Normal yet. Read the story here: http://wglt.org/post/how-coliseum-blind-spot-tripped-bloomington-city-leaders I do have some comments and things I would have written differently: To much emphasis was put on the “bad contract”. The contract had plenty of statements allowing […]
By: Diane Benjamin On Bills and Payroll for Monday night: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=242&parent=9535 HR and the Water department needed more auditing? Sikich did the City audits. Consultants: Only $47,000+ US Conference of Mayors?!? Pantagraph: only $9300+ Yeah! Bike Trails. Remember SLBB? (Sick Leave Buy Back) Remember how they were going to fix it? . .
By: Diane Benjamin Tonight’s agenda: http://www.cityblm.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=8217 1) The library union members are getting 2.25% raises for 3 years: SUBJECT: Ratification of Contract with AFSCME Local 699 for the Bloomington Public Library for the period of May 1, 2014 through April 30, 2017 FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact of the Tentative Agreements includes: • Increase in […]
By: Diane Benjamin Some members of the Bloomington City Council worship the ground David Hales walks on. They practically pant when he speaks. David Sage is REALLY good at stopping criticism of anything Hales does – watch a few meetings on-line and you can see for yourself. Every year Hales’ salary is set in Executive […]
