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

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

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 […]