Tag: subsidy

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

A Socialist’s Dream

By:  Diane Benjamin From the packet for Monday’s Bloomington City Council meeting:  http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=242&parent=9534 Connect Transit – 2016 budget Connect Transit 2017 Budget: Taxpayers are forced to subsidize the huge empty buses! Instead of using smaller buses for lightly used routes, bigger is always better. Meanwhile, fees on everything are being raised because “user pays” justifies […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

More on Normal’s crony capitalism

This site will end without your support.  Click here to contribute:   http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ by Diane Benjamin Update to:  http://blnnews.com/2013/02/20/uptown-and-crony-capitalism/ According to the TIF documents, the Town of Normal has an agreement with Heartland Bank to pay 30% of the interest on their new building.  The TIF documents on-line were not up to date.  Under the Freedom of […]