Veterans dishonored by Connect Transit

By:  Diane Benjamin Back in December I did a story about veterans inability to get to the VA Clinic if they must use a bus to get there:  https://blnnews.com/2019/12/17/the-va-clinic-and-connect-transit/ Nothing has changed.  Normal Trustee Stan Nord posted this video to Facebook explaining the problem.  He even measured the path disabled veterans have to traverse to […]

WMDB story on the Vet Clinic problems

By:  Diane Benjamin Last night WMDB TV did a story on problems veterans with disabilities will have accessing services at the new veterans clinic in south Bloomington if they have to ride the bus to get there. I wrote about the issues here:  https://blnnews.com/2019/07/24/does-bloomington-care-about-vets/ Once again Connect Transit isn’t listening.  They plan to erect a […]

Does Bloomington care about Vets?

By:  Diane Benjamin Remember this story from a year ago?  https://blnnews.com/2018/07/11/not-the-right-fit-tari/ The City of Bloomington was accused of ignoring attempts to locate an outpatient clinic in Bloomington to serve Veterans. Yesterday there was a VERY high level meeting in Bloomington.  Here is a list of who attended.  The DC reps would have been here themselves […]