Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish
Hawk: For Halloween, I will wear a dress Like Charlie Brown's friend, hold a football, wear a fake nose and glasses, and put on a necklace with several carats worth of precious stones. What does Fish say in reply?
Dave Askins
After fiery Monroe County election board meeting, vote centers still nonstarter ‘in the short term’
After a contentious election board meeting on Thursday, and a meeting between the two county chairs of the major political parties on Friday, Monroe County does not look like it’s any closer to adopting vote centers as a way for registered voters to cast their ballots.
6th Street & Walnut Street
The scaffolding is almost gone that had been set up for the refurbishing of the Princess Theater facade and had obscured it for so long.
Monroe County council to weigh jail land purchase, putting Thomson PUD on offer for sale
Next Tuesday’s draft meeting agenda of the Monroe County council was already packed with significant items. Now it looks like Tuesday’s agenda could include another item with a historical connection to jail planning—authorization to offer the 87-acre county-owned Thomson PUD property for sale.
Bloomington bus ridership down 6% so far in 2025, as 2 teams bidding for ops center merge
Fixed route ridership on Bloomington’s public buses continues to lag about 6% behind last year’s numbers. Along with the ridership numbers, the board received an update on the process for selecting the builder and designer of the new operations center, to replace the one on Grimes Lane.
6th Street & Walnut Street
The scaffolding is coming down as of 9:30 a.m. The renovation to the Princess Theater facade seems like it is complete.
Bloomington city council sets 2026 pay scales for general employees, police and fire, clerk’s office
At its regular Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved three salary ordinances establishing the pay for city employees in 2026. The council’s action covered all the jobs in city government except for the eleven elected positions of city council, clerk, and mayor.