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Five years, one final B Square Bulletin: Thank you!

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The final news report by The B Square Bulletin has now been published.

Regular coverage by the B Square started in July 2019, which makes for a run of about five and a half years.

The choice of now as the ending time has no particular symbolic value. I’m just old and tired.

Specifically, I am tired of writing about the dysfunctional local government in Bloomington and Monroe County, Indiana.

I don’t think continuing that journalistic work will help improve things.

Of course, this weariness is my own fault, because local government is a self-assigned beat. It’s fair to say I have a terrible boss.

However, the state of our local government is not today’s topic. Today’s topic is just two words: Thank you.

Thank you to readers who made financial contributions, who corrected a mistake, who took the time to walk me through a complex topic with a long history, who relayed a timely news tip, or who sent me a message assuring me that they actually got the joke in the Almost Daily Bulletin email just in case I was wondering if anyone did.

A special thanks goes to anyone who came up to me in a public space and, after getting confirmation it was me, the guy who publishes The B Square, did not punch me in the mouth or kick me in the shins.

Finally, thank you to everyone who did some other thing that deserved thanks, even if I failed to say it at the time—I’m not so great at expressing gratitude.

Anyhow, thank you.

—Dave Askins, Bloomington resident

[Technical nuts and bolts: The website with the current URL will remain in place at least until Jan. 31, 2025. The most recent batch of paper checks from contributors has not been deposited, and will be returned by mail. The B Square’s Patreon online automatic monthly donation platform has been shut down—that’s well in advance of what would be the Jan. 1, 2025 billing date.]

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