I feel like we need MORE construction zones in the town. I want to be able to not go anywhere in town and I love orange barrels. Whos with me???

Considering looking for a roommate, but I am nervous about squatters rights in Illinois/Bloomington?? I would be opening up my house, but I wanted to make sure if I asked the person to leave, I have the ability to do so. Would I be able to type up a contract type thing?? I'm not sure where to start researching. 🤨

When you’re dog 💩 in a strangers yard or communal area (public sidewalks, trail, park, and ect.), are you picking it up? Or acting like it didn’t happen?

Why are people not picking up their dog 💩 ?? I have two dogs and pick up their 💩 every time. If I run out of bags on a walk, I’ll come back and pick up the 💩 . These people act like they’re going to die if they pick up their dog’s 💩. THEN DON’T GET A DOG IF YOU CANT PICK UP THEIR VERY LARGE PILES OF 💩. The lack of respect for communal areas is wild. The property (Young America) management doesn’t answer the phone or emails. Won’t enforce dog bag dispensers to stop this problem. Pay over 1,500$ for rent and they can’t/won’t enforce the poop and scoop ordinance. There’s also people running and kids playing in this communal area; the lack of common sense that if god forbid a dog eats your dogs 💩 they could get sick and die. Someone can step in it or a child fall in it because they’re clumsy it could happen. DON’T GET A DOG IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO A GOOD DOG OWNER!

** Also we have people come take care of the lawn here. I’m sure gardeners can agree this makes the job lot harder when coming to a site and spending extra time picking up dog poop. These men have other jobs to do in their day and doing extra work they’re not getting paid for makes them somewhat irritated.

Do any of the Korean places in Bloomington-Normal sell simple kimbap rolls? I am not seeing it on any online menus anywhere. If someone knows of a place that has them, please let me know! Thanks.

Tom Ryan managed Broadmoor-Cortez apartments for 20+ years. There were many content long term tenants. Repairs were completed, tenant needs were addressed, and reasonable accommodations were provided without delay. He let tenants live their lives freely, kept us informed, and was not intrusive. We were always notified when water was turned off/going to be turned off, building repairs were needed, and of updates that would disrupt the peace (adding siding).

Was it perfect? No, because nothing is, but life was good, until H&A Property Management. Tom changed under their leadership, which means, it was them, not him.

The new manager and property management company are overbearing, aggressive, and there is no quiet enjoyment. I highly  recommend avoiding anything they manage or own at all costs. 

The number of tenants leaving increased significantly since they took over. Three out of six units in our building are vacant — my neighbor wants out of her lease — a lot of us want out.

Beware: If you exercise any rights — civil, disability, human, and/or tenant — there will be immediate unrelenting consequences. You have no right to rights. Politely to exercise rights again? Absolutely not. Set a boundary? It will erode every boundary? Identify harm? It will be used immediately and continually. Present options, attempt to resolve the situation, try to compromise? Nope. Exerting power and control seems to be the only objective. IDHR, HUD, and FHA for FHEO mean nothing. 

There will be no communication about things that impact you and your building.  

• Early morning remodeling before 8am Monday - Saturday?
  • No. 
• Knockdown texture spraying USG Ultra Lightweight? 
  • NO — NOT A WORD —  nobody should be breathing this and certainly not tenants with asthma or health conditions. 
    • Limestone (calcium carbonate)
    • Kaolin clay
    • Perlite (a volcanic glass)
    • Attapulgite (another clay)
    • Proprietary ingredients that aren't listed
    • Respirable crystalline silica 
• Covering mailboxes with plastic preventing access to mail delivery and your mailbox? 
  • No. 
• Turning water off in the building?  
  • No. I found out when I tried to wash my hands and that's how my neighbor found out too.

The pics of the building with nothing down on the floors is my building. The picture of the door is the entrance from back hallway into my bedroom — the fine dust gets through the gaps — it's horrible for a tenant with asthma. The other buildings have neatly covered floors and heaters, there was no attempt to cover our floors, the heaters are covered half ass. We are not the first — we are not the last — we are the outlier. Would the floor be messy with the paper down? Yes, but, at least they tried.

There will be excessive AppFolio blasts via text and email — it is exhausting. You can unsubscribe from texts — tenants cannot stop the emails — found mine in spam.

• Jul 28 - 4:18 PM - Welcome new manager
• Jul 28 - 4:22 PM - Asphalt repairs starting at 6 PM
• Jul 29 - 10:31 AM - Clarification - don't park on the asphalt - you'll be towed. 
• Jul 29 - 3:46 PM - Street parking allowed on Arcadia and Fairmont until Friday evening
• Jul 30 - 11:50 AM - Restripe - Cortez don't park by dumpsters, Broadmoor park on the street by 6 PM - you'll be towed
• Jul 31 - 10:55 AM - Grill safety - keep grills 15 ft from buildings
• Jul 31 - 4:42 PM - New after-hours emergency maintenance number
• Aug 21 - 9:59 AM - Quarterly pest spray - Broadmoor Aug 25, Cortez Aug 26
• Aug 31 - 10:26 AM - Cortez only - motorcycles in maintenance garage must be removed
• Aug 31 - 12:48 PM - Office closed Monday Sep 7 for Labor Day
• Sep 3 - 1:29 PM - Office closed Friday Sep 4 until 9 AM Tuesday Sep 8 for Labor Day
• Sep 8 - 10:41 AM - Toilet use - only flush toilet paper or you pay for repairs
• Sep 9 - 11:30 AM - No smoking in apartments - lease violations and charges

The continuous contact from this manager is intrusive. The 'reminders', the you' statements, all CAPS, demands, and threats are too much. It is heavy handed and too forceful. 

I have never lived anywhere with this level of contact, at most, there might be a quarterly newsletter, and pest control reminder. 

Research: Lincoln Towers in Springfield (code violations + Adam Dorosheff), H&A EMR LLC Adam Dorosheff again and Mesa Insurance), Civic Center LLC, The Jefferson/Prosper (Indiana), River Rock (Indiana), etc.

Gasps let out at tonight’s McLean County Clerk Debate as the current Clerk defended her ex employee charged with watching CP on the clock at her office.

Crockett led with professionalism and an expert take down of her failed leadership; kept it clean.

We gotta elect this guy. Clean up that office and get her OUT!

Hi there. I have noticed that various people have had poor experiences with Young America scamming them. They are currently trying to charge me a ridiculous amount of money for normal wear and tear/painting at move-out. Over 1k for painting.

In addition, they never followed through with pest control whenever we asked them to spray, yet they still charged me a monthly fee. I'm also pretty sure the apartment was not properly insulated... and I suspect my roommate and I have been breathing in black mold.

My question is: does anyone have any suggestions for legal help? Any success stories or tips when disputing Young America charges?

Thank you for your assistance.

happening now on WGLT Facebook and Joshua Crockett is absolutely EVISCERATING Kathy. She has so obviously just given up.

link to watch: https://www.facebook.com/WGLTFM/videos/959264570560960

WGLT said they will post the full debate tomorrow at 7pm.

Best place to get my dogs teeth cleaned and not too overly expensive??

Anyone know of any German shepherds available for adoption in the area? Our shepherd needs a buddy

I am honored to have such a strong number of bipartisan supporters who agree that it’s time for change in the County Clerk’s office. Fiscal responsibility and accountability should know no party. I hope to earn your vote on or before November 3rd.

Killer lineup this year, my band R. Snider will be there along with some stellar up and coming and established bands. Hope to see y’all there!

Interesting post by Beirne, currently running for County Board on the East side. He rightly calls out MAGA and lists the details of how their fuckery has direct impact locally, but they instead pile on, muddy the waters and double down with their insanity and totally prove his point.

He doesn’t call out his Trump loving ICE-supporting MAGA opponent, he calls out the movement THEN tells the same people spreading lies that he still wants them to have lower taxes.

Until we’ve got some actual boring and sane Republicans who know what they’re doing, the local Democrats are doing a pretty good job picking up the slack.

I am a reporter for WGLT and I'm working on a story about rising healthcare premiums, specifically related to employer-provided healthcare.

NPR has reported that employers are saying 2027 will see the largest increase in health benefits since 2003, increasing by an average of 8% next year - well above inflation.

This comes at a time when wages are not keeping pace and our other monthly bills (energy, rent, groceries, gas, etc) are almost all going up as well.

I'd like to talk to someone in Bloomington Normal who works full time and gets health insurance through their employer, and is concerned about how expensive the insurance is getting. If this is you and you're willing to be interviewed, please message me here.

Unit 5 continues to use Reading Recovery for 1st graders who struggle with reading. For those who don't know, Reading Recovery is an expensive one-on-one reading intervention created by Marie Clay and is based on the whole language reading model. Although Reading Recovery likes to show evidence that the program works, both long term studies of students who went through Reading Recovery show that by third or fourth grade those students are actually worse at reading than similar students who didn't go through the program. Timothy Shanahan goes into the studies and gives some speculation of why Reading Recovery actually harms students. https://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/how-can-effective-teaching-do-harm

Hopefully Unit 5 is eventually going to move away from expensive interventions that harm kids and don't follow the Science of Reading. The adoption of UFLI as Tier 1 instruction in grades K-2 gives me some hope.

Edited to fix link.

Hi everybody!

I’m in need of a good jeweler somewhere here in town to help me downsize a ring by two or three sizes. I wanted some feedback on a trustworthy jeweler because this ring means a lot to me.

Come enjoy a free outdoor concert featuring an ensemble of tubas performing favorite Halloween tunes at the third annual Trick or Tuba. The concert starts at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, at Soderstrom Castle on Grandview Drive overlooking the Illinois River.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and costumes are encouraged!

Calling all tuba players! We’re looking for more tuba, euphonium, baritone, and sousaphone players to help us beat last year’s record!

Sign up to play here: https://forms.gle/EguDPMyVaEML6or29

I am a graduate student at ISU hoping to move away from part time work and would prefer an as needed tutoring gig. I am getting my Doctorate in Audiology at ISU. I have a B.A. in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences. I am confident in my ability to help your student. DM for more detail.

Services (zoom or in-person available):

• test prep
• college application help
• SAT/ACT review
• supervised homework time
• etc

Looking for a photo/video model for a short promotional video in Bloomington, IL.

No speaking is required. The video will simply involve slowly walking through a doorway and smiling naturally at the camera.

Details:
- Ages 30–80 welcome
- Open to all genders
- Approximately 1 hour maximum
- $100 compensation
- Filming in Bloomington, IL

If interested, please send a recent face photo for consideration. No modeling experience necessary. Just looking for someone comfortable, friendly, and natural on camera.

I walk the constitution trail almost every weekend playing Pokemon go. Would be nice to have company sometimes! With winter coming of course I’m open to go out to eat or go to convention centers or the mall to walk around and play. Might be a long shot but I’m specifically looking for fellow ladies here!