Bloomington's Population, Among Other Things, Is On The Decline

A recent report indicated Bloomington’s population is on the decline, a decline that amounted to an exodus of 3% of its total population since 2000. Bloomington’s current population is listed as 68,779. From 2003 to 2004 it is estimated that Bloomington lost as many as 1,863 residents. When asked, Mayor Kruzan said he finds the recent report somewhat of a mystery, going on to say the decline goes against conventional wisdom. I have to wonder, what part of the equation does our Mayor not understand. The law of physics could easily be applied here; for every action there is an equal an opposite reaction. The action, for the last several years the tax and spend liberals have plundered our city. The reaction, people can no longer afford to live within its boundaries.

Lets take a quick scan of what has happened over the last several years to cause this decline. Property taxes have increased significantly while services have decreased. Water and sewage costs have gone up to cover the cities mismanagement and the cost of trash removal has doubled. The plundering liberals that control the city have taken property rights away from the property owners by deciding what they can and can’t do with their own property, not to mention the theatrics developer’s encounter attempting to provide affordable housing for our community. The City Council’s utopian view of our city’s workforce is clearly out of touch with reality by supporting only those companies providing “high tech” jobs and ignoring the many hard working folks that have made Bloomington their home long before the likes of people like John Fernandez and Mark Kruzan.

It is said that sometimes the most obvious things in life are sometimes the hardest to things to see. It is truly a shame that our current mayor and City Council don’t realize what long-term effects their decisions have on Bloomington. The legacy of democrat leadership in our city has had a profound and lasting effect, which now translates into a loss of population and thus the accompanying revenues. It gives cause for concern that maybe our city could have done without the multi-million dollar sludge pond on the north side and all of the extraneous ordinances that stifle growth. Better yet, we could do without the current city administration including the majority of the city council and put a stop to their socialistic rule. When most of the surrounding communities are experiencing a healthy population growth our city is on the decline. Something tells me people simply don’t want to live here anymore, why is that so hard to understand?