By: Diane Benjamin The Proclamation – https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4101/files/attachment/8470 – was postponed to sometime in the future – See 12:25. How about ending ALL proclamations? The department heads talking about their budgets was delayed until next Monday. Instead of a Committee of the Whole, it will be a Special meeting because they have something they need to […]
By: Diane Benjamin Did your water bill skyrocket? A friend told me this weekend his meter wasn’t read for the 2 previous months and this month the City made up for it with a massive increase. Agenda: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f7247ca1-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-d854eb82-3702-4140-9de6-ac3a8e3f379d-1725655884.pdf Proving “diversity” is merely a talking point, the mayor is doing another reappointment tonight: Joseph Blaney to […]
By: Diane Benjamin This lady was back at public comment last night. She is a landlord who is stuck with the water bill(s) of tenant(s) who didn’t pay before they left because Bloomington said they didn’t have to: . She stated she is on the hook for $27,000. She was never contacted by the City […]
By: Diane Benjamin Alderman Julie Emig was absent, Dee Urban was sick but attended remotely. The only item pulled from the Consent Agenda was a Liquor License so Grant Walsh could ask if a video gaming license was included. It isn’t because Bloomington limits the number of licenses. FYI: Limiting licenses only enriches those who […]
By: Diane Benjamin Packet: The State of Illinois and local governments violated the Illinois Constitution by closing businesses and depriving landlords of income. Bloomington made it worse by sending unpaid water bills to landlords after telling renters they don’t have to pay. Illinois Constitution-Bill of Rights https://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con1.htm Government told renters they don’t have to pay […]
By: Diane Benjamin The entire meeting video is over 3 hours, most of that was spent off camera in Executive Session. 3 videos you need to see, 2 are Public Comment the third is City Manager Tim Gleason. The first Public Comment was a lady who owns rental property. She didn’t receive rent because Pritzker […]
By: Diane Benjamin 1) Water is now being shut off in Bloomington for not paying the bills. Government created the problem by allowing tenants to not pay rent and bills with no consequences. Landlords and taxpayers bore the brunt of this socialist policy: Everything is free! It gets worse! Landlords were not notified their tenants […]
By: Diane Benjamin Since Mayor Renner’s house flood so severely he had to move out, I wanted to see the water bills. I FOIA’d the water bills for his address from April 2019 through November 2019. The water break occurred when Tari was at the US conference of Mayors in Hawaii at the end of […]
This site will end without your support. Click here to contribute: http://blnnews.blogspot.com/ Below is what was paid for water by a Normal resident. Prior years were with kids at home, 2012 had NONE: 1992 1997 2002 2007 […]
