The three candidates on the ballot for Bloomington mayor are, from left, Mboka Mwilambwe, Jackie Gunderson, and Michael Straza.
Bloomington voters this spring will choose their first new mayor in eight years. The choice is between a low-key veteran city council member and two political newcomers with very different backgrounds. One of them will replace Tari Renner, who is not seeking a third term.
Mboka Mwilambwe
Mboka Mwilambwe, who joined the city council in 2011, said his focus would be on updating the city’s roads and other infrastructure and providing core services like public safety and recreation.
“The streets are the thing that people actually see. When we have some that are in a state of disrepair, I don’t think it makes the public trust what we’re doing. If we do focus on that, we’ll be able to generate a lot more trust from the generic public. Because what we don’t want is the public to look at us engaging in other endeavors, and yet the street in front of
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Bloomington City Council met remotely Feb. 22, 2021.
The Bloomington City Council on Monday agreed to refinance some of its general obligation bonds, a move that’s expected to save about $560,000 in interest payments.
“We’ve done this before,” said City Manager Tim Gleason. “This is a relatively small bond refinance. But you’re going to be shocked at the amount of money we’re going to save.
Also at the virtual meeting, the council agreed to delay a decision on a Welcoming Cities ordinance draft to add clarification to the process, and heard reports on the John M. Scott Health Trust and on the upcoming budget.
To grasp the magnitude of this chain of events, please first watch my public comment to the Bloomington City Council back in September of 2019.
We informed them we would get to the bottom of the matter but rather than providing the requested records and truth to what happened, the City chose the path of obstruction.
When you have to file a
Freedom of Information lawsuit against a public body to get to the truth you know it s time for people to resign from office. Mayor Renner should be the first in that line.
Records received indicate an attempt to conceal the wrongdoing of a former officer that includes altering an arrest record by adding information that was not true. At the time of the incident, the Assistant Chief filed a