3 hours of torture: Bloomington last night

By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Council meeting was ridiculously long – over 3 hours. I left after about 1 1/2 hours and watched the rest on YouTube. Public Comment was still happening when I got home. My comment is at 26:13. The room started off packed. Many people were there to witness the introduction of […]

Bloomington Recap – Part 2

By: Diane Benjamin Part 1: https://blnnews.com/2025/08/26/bam-bloomington-residents-put-in-their-place/ I’m going to attempt to track how much money the City is spending relocating Public Works to the former Owens Nursery property. Start with the purchase June 10, 2024: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f7099398-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1717791762.pdf . Last night $154,740 was approved for a consultant to create a preliminary design for the “campus”. It won’t […]