Make that $128,000 of taxpayer money that local elected officials will hand the Bloomington Economic Development Commission next year. The Monroe County Council last week preliminarily approved adding $50,000 in county funds to the $78,000 BEDC subsidy that the City Council approved last month.

The Bloomington City Council is poised to hand over yet another $78,000 of taxpayer money to the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. under the ruse of "economic development."