Bloomington mayoral candidate Ian Bayne is running for mayor for three reasons: to cut the sales tax to 6.5 percent, cut property taxes, and repair the streets.… MORE
Category Archives: Voice Your Vote
YWCA heads McLean County voter registration effort
The YWCA is leading the charge to get Bloomington-Normal residents registered to vote in time for the local primary election on Feb. 28.… MORE
Renner to focus on streets, infrastructure, economic development if re-elected
Bloomington’s current mayor points to his experience in local government as something that puts him ahead of the other four candidates seeking the office.… MORE
Hauman: Bloomington should be ‘brilliant in the basics’
As Bloomington nears a primary election to narrow the field of mayoral candidates, one candidate is saying the city needs to be “brilliant in the basics.”… MORE
Bloomington mayoral candidate claims fellow candidate spreading false information
Fake news has been a national headline and a candidate for Bloomington mayor is claiming it’s an issue locally.… MORE
Rauner makes record donation to himself
Gov. Bruce Rauner is kick starting the 2018 campaign season with a little gift to himself. … MORE
No surprises in Illinois’ Electoral College vote
Illinois’ vote for president didn’t have any surprises. Not even the Democrats’ insistence that Election Day 2016 needs to be investigated was that much of a shock.… MORE
Elections board says summer hack did not affect outcome of state’s elections
While the CIA said hacking of national Democratic operatives’ emails may have impacted the outcome of the presidential elections, the Illinois State Board of Elections said a summertime hack on their database didn’t.… MORE
Bloomington Election Commission OKs review of Renner petitions
One man’s ballot challenge to Bloomington mayor Tari Renner’s nominating petitions has been allowed to proceed.… MORE
‘Safe Roads’ amendment passes; Mitchell wins 10th term
The so-called Safe Roads amendment which requires Illinois transportation funding be spent on infrastructure projects easily passed in a statewide referendum.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…