🌱 What’s really happening with Bloomington’s shared public safety tax dollars?

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• What's really happening with Bloomington's shared public safety tax dollars?

Also on today's calendar: Steve Gonsalves from Ghost Hunters Live: A Life With Ghosts.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.
• Friday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 80, low: 66.
• Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 83 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• County, city and town have more work to resolve shared sales tax dispute (wglt.org) — Bloomington residents are at the center of an ongoing dispute with McLean County and Normal over how shared public safety and mental health sales tax dollars are spent, despite a clean audit of the fund. Key questions remain about who gets interest earnings, how much Bloomington should pay toward a new criminal justice records system, and whether some jail staff positions should be covered by the tax.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Zoning Board of Appeals
  Town of Normal City Hall - 11 Uptown Circle Normal IL 61761
  5:00 pm
• LIVE @ Uptown Circle with The Reginald Lewis Quartet →
  Normal, IL Calendar, 11 Uptown Circle, Normal
  6:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Early Bird Lap Swim →
  Normal, IL Calendar, 100 S. Maple (off E College Ave), Normal
  6:30 am
• Anderson Aquatic Center Hours →
  Normal, IL Calendar Normal, IL 61761
  4:00 pm
• Live @ Connie Link Amphitheatre with The Rusty Pickups →
  Normal, IL Calendar, 621 S. Linden Street, Normal
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Free Household Hazardous Waste Collection →
  Normal, IL Calendar Normal, IL 61761
  11:00 am
• Live @ Connie Link Amphitheatre with Biscuits N Gravy Band →
  Normal, IL Calendar, 621 S. Linden Street, Normal
  7:00 pm
Monday August 24
• Anderson Aquatic Center Closed →
  Normal, IL Calendar Normal, IL 61761
Wednesday August 26
• Data Center Informational Meeting →
  Normal, IL Calendar Normal, IL 61761
  5:00 pm
• LIVE @ Uptown Circle with The Morning Larks →
  Normal, IL Calendar, 11 Uptown Circle, Normal
  6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Live @ Connie Link Amphitheatre: All-Ages Open Jam hosted by Maestro Jones of Front Street Collective →
  Normal, IL Calendar, 621 S. Linden Street, Normal
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A new thirteen week session of Grief Share has begun at Freedom Baptist Church, corner of Fox Creek and Veterans.
  The program is on Tuesdays from 6-8 pm. A facilitator leads through video, workbook and discussion. The program is free and open to the public. For… (Nextdoor SWBRA)
• I'm not looking for quotes or recommendations, just a general question.
  How much should we expect to pay to replace or level concrete steps that have settled away from our front porch? Some of the estimates for… (Nextdoor White Oak and Hovey)

• MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Materials Clerk Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $18-$36/Hr in Bloomington. Apply here.
• FERRERO USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Supervisor, 3rd Shift UGP 4 in Bloomington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bloomington here.

🗞 Nearby News

Normal

• Uptown Normal prepares for Sweet Corn Circus weekend (centralillinoisproud.com)
• Normal police launch program to ease communication with neurodivergent residents (wglt.org)
• Ameren Illinois helps fund microgrid lab at ISU College of Engineering (centralillinoisproud.com)

El Paso

• Secular Servites make 500 mission rosaries (ladysmithnews.com)
• Newman football returns strong running game, solid defense (shawlocal.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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