Tag: water tower

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

$69 million for water projects so you won’t notice the CII East giveaways

By: Diane Benjamin http://bloomingtonil.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=1166&Inline=True Bloomington has elevated water storage that has never been used: https://blnnews.com/2015/08/04/more-ineptness/ Maybe in December it can at least be decorated for Christmas. It stands as a monument to incompetency by the designer/engineer and the failure of City officials to hold whoever did it accountable. Monday night the Council will approve just […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Value of City properties – 2019

By:  Diane Benjamin All of this information was obtained by FOIA. This spreadsheet was included in the information I received about the Lake Bloomington Fire.  It won’t be easy to read unless you print it:  Copy of Property Values for updating 2019 – FILE G_Complete Here are some excerpts, imagine how much money would be […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Bloomington Fleeces Monday night:

By:  Diane Benjamin Agenda and Documentation for Council 3/25/19  http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=21396 PDF page 33 authorizes $69,467.22 for repairs to the City’s only working Water Tower.  Notice how nobody ever mentions the other one in Normal that was built too short?  It was only used briefly.  Add that to the never used fire station, pensions spiking, Quality […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Buying Votes with Incentives?

By:  Diane Benjamin One item on the agenda for last night’s Bloomington City Council meeting was originally on the consent agenda, but it was moved to the regular agenda prior to the meeting date.  Why it was ever on the Consent Agenda, where an alderman would have to pull it for discussion, is a question […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Remember that UN-USED Water Tower?

By:  Diane Benjamin I found this while looking for something else. The first time I remember writing about the Water Tower Bloomington built in Normal was August 2015:  https://blnnews.com/2015/08/04/more-ineptness/ I have no idea how much money was spent on that project, but many MILLIONS is probably close.  The only thing I knew for sure is […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

That un-used water tower

By:  Diane Benjamin The ONLY reason I know the Bloomington water tower in Normal isn’t used is because I FOIA’d the water flow through all towers.  That one came up -0-:  http://blnnews.com/2015/08/04/more-ineptness/ Information on this tower is close to non-existent.  This waste of money was before the Fire Station #5 fiasco.  I’ve searched the City […]