Too much fun

By:  Diane Benjamin The massive list of Normal’s spending for the last 3 years is a treasure trove of information.  It’s pretty easy to search for questionable spending like the ones below. I search for all expenses marked sponsor, comment with what you think.  I’m sure Normal thinks this is petty cash.  I call it […]

Normal meeting last night

By:  Diane Benjamin The Normal Council meeting last night edged close to boring.  Trustee comments at the end were more interesting than most of the meeting. Both Karyn Smith and Stan Nord brought up the empty seat for Normal on the Connect Transit Board.  No response from Koos. The American Legion will be installing a […]

Normal Finance reports plus Connect Transit

By:  Diane Benjamin http://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3362 The Town is holding a meeting tonight. Below are a few expenses: Who gets these? Monthly fleece: Why is taxpayer money used to sponsor anything?  Why is government picking winners and losers by sponsoring who they choose? The financial statements from March 31, 2019 are likely done, the auditor is being […]