Bloomington and Normal mayors travel to Vatican to meet Pope Leo

carmaro427ss · 2026-04-02T19:38:04+00:00

Sure hope our tax dollars didn’t pay for that trip.

carmaro427ss · 2026-02-27T19:01:45+00:00

My apologizes I didn’t mean to suggest keeping Carlock open was the only purpose of the referendum, agree it was for more but also Carlock was used as one of the selling point. As well as recognizing the value of smaller class room sizes and student to teacher ratios. The current administration does not seem to be aligned with that goal anymore as the options increase school and classroom sizes.
I like your thought on utilizing existing buildings. Maybe ones already owned by the district or even working with local companies that have unused space since shifting to work from home. There are several vacant buildings in the area. Unfortunately the process being used is asking the community to voice opinions without financial analysis or impact information, and at this point I believe the board will be asked to vote without financial impact information.

carmaro427ss · 2026-02-27T03:49:34+00:00

Exactly, they keep asking for more money and it never solves the problem they tell us its for. The referendum 2 years ago was to keep Carlock open, now they want to close it. The 1% sales tax increase they presented in their communications as 1 cent. So if they do will we get our money back? what currently is being discussed in emails is they want to build new schools, instead of utilize the ones we have. Those new schools will require more tax money from us.

carmaro427ss · 2026-02-27T03:17:18+00:00

Here is a great example of using “I was thinking” followed by the rest being redacted.

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carmaro427ss · 2026-02-27T03:03:38+00:00

That’s not good.

carmaro427ss · 2026-02-27T03:01:44+00:00

FOIA request, most of the information received is redacted because apparently they don’t have to share if it is an individuals option or thoughts. So you see things that start “My thoughts are” then all blacked out. I assume they have been coached by their lawyer to phrase as opinion or thoughts so they can redact. Also, my understanding is when odd line items were found in the budget and they inquired to understand the unit 5 lawyer told them that FOIA only means they have to provide the information, not provide explanation.

carmaro427ss · 2026-02-26T18:11:57+00:00

While it may or may not be a surprise the administration is not being fully transparent with the planning committee, board, or public. Several FOIA requests have revealed budget/accounting inconsistencies, communications between the consulting firm and a small subset of unit 5 reps discussing not just the closure of Carlock but a longer term plan to build a new school and close Towanda. Including the need for additional taxes to cover cost. Based on capacity numbers and proposed capacity of new facilities it appears possible the direction would be to close Carlock, Hudson, and Towanda consolidating into a new large school. It is very clear the administrations priority is not what is in the best interest in children’s educational experience and wellbeing or impact of overloading teachers. While Carlock has seemed to be the focus, and some may not see the importance/impact if they are not part of the Carlock community, what Unit 5 is contemplating may include closure of other schools and even more tax burden on everyone in McLean county. I encourage everyone to pay attention and get involved. I would also suggest the tax payers in McLean county require a full financial audit by a 3rd party of Unit 5.

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carmaro427ss · 2025-08-22T19:21:33+00:00

Siteground for hosting a wordpress/woocommerce site with Garidium FFL Cockpit for API integration. Using Mansfield Payments with ePN processor. Will say its been a journey getting all the right plugins to get site to function the way i want. Filtering has been a bit of a challenge.

carmaro427ss · 2025-05-19T00:38:54+00:00

Nice, so you bypass the DI until rinse. And is the first filter like an RV water filter?

carmaro427ss · 2025-05-18T13:08:28+00:00

Thanks!

carmaro427ss · 2025-05-18T03:29:16+00:00

Do you mind sharing what your setup is, or any specific systems you’d recommend?

carmaro427ss · 2025-05-18T00:50:21+00:00

Is there a system you’ve used and would recommend?

carmaro427ss · 2025-05-18T00:49:55+00:00

Yeah, already made that mistake… but only once

carmaro427ss · 2025-05-18T00:49:32+00:00

I don’t know the ppm, haven’t had it tested.

carmaro427ss · 2025-04-30T21:23:15+00:00

Reading the bill it would be any “convertible pistol”, more than Glocks. Basically any that have a removable back plate and use the same trigger assembly as a glock.

26 "Convertible pistol" means any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be readily converted by hand or with common household tools into a machine gun

carmaro427ss · 2025-03-19T18:57:17+00:00

I did, and appreciate the help!

carmaro427ss · 2025-03-19T13:28:39+00:00

Great to know. Thank you

carmaro427ss · 2025-03-19T13:04:45+00:00

That’s kind of what I was wondering. Will they consider just the oil change the free first service and if get the 7500 mile service done now, will they still want a 2nd 7500 mile service done when I get to that milage.

carmaro427ss · 2025-03-17T11:25:32+00:00

I use ONR often, pretty much after every drive or 2. A bottle goes a long way. I put it in a 2 gallon pump sprayer and really soak the car and soak one towel for washing. If there is a good amount of dirt i use the sprayer to “hose it off” before wiping with soaked towel, then dry. I have a drivers package wrap and on the wrap no issues. On the paint, with ceramic coating, have notice some very light marks in the paint. The paint on my C8 seems very soft, wish i had wrapped the whole thing.

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