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Bloomington: Severe Danger ahead!
by: Diane Benjamin Did you know Mayor Tari Renner used to be the Director of Research for the International City/County Management Association? (3/17/13 Pantagraph) What is the ICMA? It’s the same...
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Bloomington: YOUR land is at risk!
by: Diane Benjamin Last night the Bloomington City Council held a Committee of the Whole meeting. The hot topic was using a program by the International City Mangers Association to rate City...
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Why Renner does what he does
by: Diane Benjamin I’ve previously reported that Mayor Tari Renner formerly worked for the International City Managers Association. (http://blnnews.com/2014/01/22/bloomington-your-land-is-at-risk/)...
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How did Bloomington get an $85 per hour administrator?
by: Diane Benjamin The City of Bloomington has hired Sue McLaughlin as a temporary replacement for Barb Atkins who retired. McLaughlin is being paid $85.00 per hour – at least $175,000 per year. She...
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What Tari reads: Progressive propaganda
by: Diane Benjamin You can’t understand why politicians do what they do unless you know where their governing information comes from. Professor Renner used to work for the International City Managers...
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Ditch the City Manager?
by: Diane Benjamin The International City Managers Association (ICMA) sends a DAILY email. Remember, Mayor Renner used to work for this group and David Hales is a member. The story below from the...
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Hales: I can tell you why staff are leaving!
by: Diane Benjamin The INTERNATIONAL City Managers Association sends an email every day with links to stories they find interesting. I’m sure Mayor Renner and David Hales are on the email list....
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Normal: Just for you
by: Diane Benjamin Remember this email sent by City Manager Mark Peterson: This is a link to a story I wrote back in November:...
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Renner: The rest of the world knows better
by: Diane Benjamin At last night’s City Council meeting, adding bike lanes for the Bloomington portion of Jersey Avenue was approved. In case you can’t visualize what they approved, imagine turning...
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I wish they would just use a gun to steal your money
by: Diane Benjamin If you are robbed by somebody with a gun – at least you know it happened. The City of Bloomington would rather you not know. Below is JUST the Admin Pcard spending for 1 month....
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Be happy you don’t live here!
By: Diane Benjamin Mayors indoctrinated to believe a city’s future is downtown have popped up all over the country. Where do you think Tari was trained? See this article...
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Hales travelling at your expense
By: Diane Benjamin In September, I assume City Manger David Hales will be travelling to Seattle for this years ICMA conference. I’m pretty sure he goes every year, you will be paying the bills. Tari...
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June’s PCard Spending Fun
By: Diane Benjamin Below is this month’s edition of Administration spending with a City debit card in your pocket. See this link for the complete list of PCard spending – it’s at the end of Bills and...
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Bloomington: Severe Danger ahead!
by: Diane Benjamin Did you know Mayor Tari Renner used to be the Director of Research for the International City/County Management Association? (3/17/13 Pantagraph) What is the ICMA? It’s the same...
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Bloomington: YOUR land is at risk!
by: Diane Benjamin Last night the Bloomington City Council held a Committee of the Whole meeting. The hot topic was using a program by the International City Mangers Association to rate City...
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Why Renner does what he does
by: Diane Benjamin I’ve previously reported that Mayor Tari Renner formerly worked for the International City Managers Association. (http://blnnews.com/2014/01/22/bloomington-your-land-is-at-risk/)...
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Where was David Hales last night?
By: Diane Benjamin The City Manager wasn’t at the Council meeting last night. I suspect he was here, since he goes every year: The ICMA Annual Conference is the largest annual event in the world for...
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Where was David Hales?
By: Diane Benjamin Evidently his P-Card was broken: DAVID HALES INV 10/12/2015 CHICAGO 9/15 128075 Admin Pro Develp 84.25 Invoice Net 84.25 CHECK TOTAL 84.25 DAVID HALES INV 10/12/2015 SEATTLE 9/15...
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Legal & Giebelhausen
By: Diane Benjamin From Bills and Payroll for 2/22/16: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=242&parent=9535 Another $57,721.33 sent to Springfield for Legal! How much of that is work on a...
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Coliseum keeps bleeding
By: Diane Benjamin From Bills and Payroll for approval Monday night: 11-14-2016-bills There are other tiny payments I didn’t include. Below are the bills just since the last Council meeting – total...
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