2022: Happy Thanksgiving, Bloomington!
[This cartoon was “drawn” about 10 years ago. It’s been re-run several times, in the spirit of Thanksgiving leftovers.]
Dave Askins
Johnson’s Creamery: No new alley means no swap, but council’s vacation stands, project can proceed
On the list of Bloomington public rights-of-way there is no longer an east-west alley cutting across the former Johnson’s Creamery parcel off 7th Street and The B-Line Trail.
The city council took care of that when it voted 8–1 to grant a request from Peerless Development to vacate
Federal judge to Bloomington: Create criteria for public art requests in right-of-way, allow application for “All Lives Matter” street mural
Bloomington could see an “All Lives Matter” mural painted on a downtown city street, after previously authorizing three “Black Lives Matter” street murals.
That’s because of a ruling from a federal judge last Friday.
Under Friday’s ruling, by Jan. 2 next year, the city of Bloomington has to
Bloomington to pay $500,000 less for western part of city hall building
In mid-July, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) gave initial approval to a $9.25 million deal to purchase CFC’s portion of the Showers building—which houses city hall in the eastern part of the building, in addition to CFC offices in the western part.
But that price has now
Analysis: 2024 edition of Bloomington city council will be different, by a little or a lot
In 2023, elections will be held for 11 Bloomington city offices—mayor, clerk, and the nine seats on the city council.
After the 2023 city elections, the composition of the nine-member Bloomington city council, which will be sworn in to start 2024, is sure to be different by at least
Hall nets +3: Provisional ballot review for District 62 House gives Hall 15 more, Githens 12 more
Republican candidate Dave Hall now has 40 more votes than Democrat Penny Githens in the race for the Indiana state house District 62 seat.
Before Friday’s review of provisional ballots—in each of the three counties that are partly included in District 62—the margin between the two candidates
Kerry Thomson kicks off campaign for Bloomington mayor: “A public that labels itself ‘progressive’ deserves to see some progress.”
On Thursday, at a gathering of nearly 200 people at Switchyard Brewing on Walnut Street in downtown Bloomington, Kerry Thomson kicked off her 2023 campaign to become Bloomington’s next mayor.
About an hour before Thomson’s event, incumbent mayor Democrat John Hamilton had announced that he won’t be