Two Things You Need to Know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) The Nazi march was obviously fake. It was hilarious see the local media and activists organizing protests. I wonder if a Not In Our Town member created it since their relevance is diminishing without visible proof of activity they can rouse the leftists to rally against? How did I know it […]

18 months of torture with no apology

By: Diane Benjamin Start by reading this story: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-01-17/bloomington-couple-acquitted-for-felony-theft-by-deception The Lacey’s mainly did infusions. Since I had no idea what that meant, I asked them yesterday. The infusions are customized for people like cancer patients where vitamins and minerals are needed to make them feel better. They don’t use any regulated drugs. They are both […]

What’s the real Ty Carlton story?

By: Diane Benjamin Remember this story? https://blnnews.com/2024/02/21/bloomington-police-sergeant-fired/ I filed more FOIA’s I didn’t write about. I got emails that said nothing, some pages were totally redacted. Some emails had the text redacted. I received text messages that were also hearvily redacted and didn’t say who was texting who. Re-reading them it appears Ty’s wife and […]

2 things: WGLT

By: Diane Benjamin 1) More about this story on Rivian moving to two shifts: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-03-05/rivian-to-cut-3rd-shift-for-r1-production-at-normal-plant-next-month?fbclid=IwAR14-gqvch-aRzqS0sQotFTIA9NuEwrvC8JfWDUSsfiuK7JQnIdJxEDDXkg All hourly employees were sent a form so they could pick what shift they wanted to work: 7:00 am to 3:30 pm or 9:00 pm to 5:30 am They won’t be working 10-12 hour days as rumored on social media […]

Ty Carlton awards speak volumes!

By: Diane Benjamin I FOIA’d the City of Bloomington for awards given to Ty Carlton for the past 15 years. What I received isn’t the whole story. From the Bloomington Police Facebook page where Ty is mentioned a lot, this isn’t mentioned in the FOIA: This is what I received by FOIA, notice no details? […]

Bloomington Police: Walley, Moreland, Carlton

By: Diane Benjamin Three years ago a lawyer, Samantha Walley, tendered her resignation as the City Manager of Leroy. At the time she was in a kerfuffle with the Leroy Police Chief. She was and is married to a Bloomington Police Detective named Steve Moreland. Walley had previously worked in the States Attorney’s office. Walley […]

Bloomington Police Sergeant Fired!

By: Diane Benjamin H/T to the person who gave me this tip All of this information was received by FOIA. A formal investigation by the State Police was launched last August. Why Carlton was fired is detailed in this document: . What this document doesn’t say is how the police found out. The multi-page documents […]