📊 The Ledger · The BloNo Bagel
Every poll we've run, with the counts in the open — plus the Bubbles Ledger: the claims this town repeats, tracked against the data until they earn a verdict. We check the things everybody says.
0 votes counted · from the issue — vote there, or from the poll link in any email.
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Every line of the Bagel's Permit + Delta Watch is logged with its flag date and its public source. When the thing we flagged becomes public news, the confirmation lands here next to it. Misses stay on the board too — a flag that never confirms is data, not an embarrassment.
Flagged 2026-10-21: Market Street (IL 9 / U.S. 150) railroad-crossing work at White Oak Road starts Oct. 26 — eastbound lanes close, White Oak Road closes fully for four days, detours posted (IDOT).
Source: IDOT release, Oct. 16, 2026 · Watching…
Flagged 2026-10-21: E. Hamilton Road (State Farm Plaza S to S. Hershey Road) closed effective Oct. 20 at 7:00 A.M., per City of Bloomington notice.
Source: City of Bloomington news, Oct. 16, 2026 · Watching…
Flagged 2026-10-21: Data-center zoning: staff recommendation to continue the Oct. 16 Planning Commission hearing to a special meeting Nov. 16, 2026, before a City Council recommendation (council vote Nov. 23).
Source: Data Center Ordinance summary, Oct. 13, 2026 · Watching…
Flagged 2026-10-21: Two proposals imagine housing at the old Mennonite Hospital and Electrolux sites (WGLT, Oct. 20) — headline-level flag; details watched.
Source: WGLT, Oct. 20, 2026 · Watching…
Flagged 2026-10-21: Uptown Normal underpass construction: Parkinson Street Parking Lot closed and Constitution Trail detoured (Phoenix → Broadway → Beaufort → Uptown Circle) from Sep. 21 until construction is complete.
Source: Town of Normal notice, Sep. 14, 2026 · Watching…
A bubble is a claim the whole town repeats that nobody has ever measured. We state the belief, name the source that can settle it, and publish the verdict when the data lands: HELD · BUSTED · COMPLICATED. Until then it reads TRACKING — never a verdict on vibes.
The belief: Storms split around the Twin Cities.
Verdicts begin with the first tracked storm system.
Settled by: NWS Lincoln radar + storm recaps
The belief: Veterans Parkway is cursed — the worst road, at the worst times.
The published record already counts 75+ life-altering injuries and deaths in a decade on this corridor.
Settled by: McLean County Regional Planning Commission + the Corridor Matrix log
The belief: The whole town secretly runs on Rivian time.
Settled by: The 6 AM Shift Change log
The belief: Barnes Road saves you real time.
The folk version of this claim carries a specific number of minutes. We report the belief — never the number — until data settles it.
Settled by: IDOT / county project data (when a source can settle it)
The belief: Move-out week furnishes half the town for free.
Settled by: The 23,000-member Yard Sale pulse, Aug + May
The belief: Nothing's open after 9 in BloNo.
Settled by: The Late-Night Feed log — every verified late kitchen is evidence
The belief: Don't go near Uptown when the Redbirds play.
Settled by: Published schedules + corridor states on game days
The belief: The Unit 5 side of the street costs more.
Settled by: Public listing language + priced examples
The belief: Two of them: 'it poisons everything' vs 'it saves the tax base.'
We referee this one — we don't hold a bubble of our own.
Settled by: The Opinion Ledger above + the hearing record + the Nov 23 council vote
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