> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://bsquarebulletin.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Oct. 19, 2026: No Kings rally; plate-reader ban; $6.87M bond plan; immigration court ruling; jail pop below threshold - URL: https://bsquarebulletin.com/oct-19-2026-no-kings-rally-plate-reader-ban-6-87m-bond-plan-immigration-court-ruling-jail-pop-below-threshold/ - Published: 2026-10-19T10:01:46.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-19T10:01:46.000Z - Description: This morning's edition includes a report from Saturday's No Kings rally. Also: Bloomington's vote to ban license plate readers, plus a proposed $6.87 million bond issue for a fire truck and street safety. In addition: a report on a federal immigration detention ruling. - Author: Dave Askins - Tags: Almost Daily Bulletin, #no-inline-feature ### Weather Talk Based on the National Weather Service forecast in [text](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=39.1653&lon=-86.5264&ref=bsquarebulletin.com) and [charts](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?w0=t&w1=td&w2=wc&w3=sfcwind&w3u=1&w4=sky&w5=pop&w6=rh&w7=rain&w8=thunder&w13u=0&w14u=1&w15u=1&AheadHour=48&FcstType=graphical&textField1=39.1648&textField2=-86.5174&site=all&unit=0&dd=&bw=&BackDay.x=47&BackDay.y=12&ref=bsquarebulletin.com) here’s some advice. **Monday:** Wear your happy pants. Even though the day will start off at around 40F° and you’ll need a light jacket or sweater, it will warm up to 68F° under clear sunny skies. **Tuesday:** Wear the same happy pants you wore the day before, because it will be the same kind of day. We’ll be starting from an overnight low of 40F° so wear a light jacket or sweater, but clear sunny skies will get the temperature up to 69F°. **Sign up for weather alerts:** [Monroe County emergency alert system](https://member.everbridge.net/1772417038942730/login?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2uaB5CUic7chciSA3zDnmEUsIRflEEWlELCaK1ouZgLADRnRCwugmnaAg%5Faem%5FAe5PkplH7bE%5F9j2C%5FACtHn6b%5F2754gizB4sxhDXVFPSLSBNROE4f4on5K4QE3b4HB7LYxsLKy0utImzhOmrxXV95) ### Recent articles - [Demonstrators gather in downtown Bloomington for ‘No Kings: Vote Early’ rally](https://bsquarebulletin.com/demonstrators-gather-in-downtown-bloomington-for-no-kings-vote-early-rally/). Under sunny skies, demonstrators gathered Saturday at Bloomington’s courthouse for the nationwide anti-Trump “No Kings: Vote Early” effort. Speakers urged early voting, defended immigrants and linked national concerns to Seminary Pointe and Flock cameras. - [Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish](https://bsquarebulletin.com/sunday-funnies-hawk-v-fish-83/). Halloween is coming up and Hawk and Fish are ready. How would a ghost campaign for Bloomington city council? And why did the mayor hire a vampire as public engagement director? - [Monroe County property transfers through Oct. 14, 2026](https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-property-transfers-through-oct-14-2026/). This report includes new property transfers in Monroe County that haven’t previously been reported by The B Square, with dates ranging from Sept. 17 through Oct. 14, 2026\. The data in this report comes from Beacon, the county’s online geographic information system for property and parcel data. - [Monroe County jail notebook: Population stays below ACLU threshold for 11 straight days](https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-jail-notebook-population-stays-below-aclu-threshold-for-11-straight-days/). Monroe County’s jail population fell to 214 on Saturday, marking 11 straight days below the ACLU’s functional capacity figure of 229\. Over 89 days of tracking, the population has declined from 247, with at least 822 departures. The median stay among those who left was two days. - [Bloomington proposes $6.87M bond issue for fire truck, street safety, plans for regular borrowing](https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-proposes-6-87m-bond-issue-for-fire-truck-street-safety-plans-for-regular-borrowing/). Bloomington is considering about $6.87 million in bonds to replace its aging aerial fire truck and fund street safety projects. The borrowing would raise property taxes. A public hearing and possible final city council vote are scheduled for Nov. 4. - [Second Bloomington immigration detainee wins federal court order for bond hearing](https://bsquarebulletin.com/second-bloomington-immigration-detainee-wins-federal-court-order-for-bond-hearing/). A federal judge ordered immigration officials to give Manuel Alejandro Nadal Ortiz a bond hearing by Oct. 22, or release him. The government must report compliance by Oct. 23\. He is the second Bloomington man arrested Sept. 1 to win a similar ruling. - [Bloomington council votes 7–0 to ban license plate readers, after debate over some exceptions](https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-council-votes-7-0-to-ban-license-plate-readers-after-debate-over-some-exceptions/). Bloomington’s city council voted 7–0 to ban automated license plate readers and certain surveillance cameras. A disputed amendment allowing access to recordings for criminal investigations passed 5–2, despite concerns it could weaken the ban. At least 29 people spoke from the public mic. ### Other notes **Early voting numbers.** Through the first nine days of voting at the [North Showers](https://www.google.com/maps/place/501+N+Morton+St,+Bloomington,+IN+47404/@39.1707495,-86.5369779,684m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x886c66d92d3cc4f5:0xb79ecc8d1acb583d!8m2!3d39.1708482!4d-86.5373847!16s%2Fg%2F11yq8cq5y6?entry=ttu&g%5Fep=EgoyMDI2MDkyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) location on Morton Street, 5,269 people have cast a ballot. That’s almost 2,000 more than in 2022, but about 2,000 less than in 2018 for the same period. This is a stat that’s easy to check for yourself on the [early voting dashboard](https://gis.co.monroe.in.us/portal/apps/dashboards/2980211891404743a0b6a45b6b1422d2) that Monroe County government has set up. In years gone by, I would check in at early voting and collect those numbers daily so that I could report them. Now I don’t have to do that, because the county government is reporting the numbers for everybody. ### On the calendar **Hopewell South, Visit Bloomington.** On the [5 p.m. Monday (Oct. 19) agenda](https://bloomington.in.gov/onboard/meetingFiles/17619/download ) for Bloomington’s redevelopment commission is a $5,000 expenditure related to completion of the secondary plat for Hopewell South and an $11,000 reimbursement for part of the cost of installing a fire suppression system in Visit Bloomington’s space at the Fourth Street parking garage. **Details of items unknown.** On the [5:30 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 20) agenda](https://bloomington.in.gov/onboard/meetingFiles/17630/download) for Bloomington’s board of public works are several items that could be interesting, but the links all lead to Google Drive objects that don’t have the correct permissions set for access to the general public. **Monroe County 2027 budget adoption.** On the [5 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 20) agenda](https://monroecounty99.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/TSDHelpdesk/IQDhGe15ZIhyQLmhwkGH24eZAY0o02YIpa0F1iGKv5T43K8?e=WnYhIo) for the Monroe County council is the adoption of the 2027 budget. **Demolition of Seminary Pointe buildings.** On the [3 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 21) agenda](https://monroecounty99.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/TSDHelpdesk/IQDCiWncHCXeSrn5nZ-d6D9vAXkLyZLyk3xOCmZEI86AOSE?e=Bv53Nf) for the Monroe County capital improvement board is the award of a contract for demolition of the buildings south of the existing convention center known as the Seminary Pointe block. **City council public safety discussion.** On the [6:30 p.m. work session agenda](https://bloomington.in.gov/onboard/meetingFiles/17632/download) for the Bloomington city council is the second part of a community discussion about public safety. --- **HHFB Book Fair: Oct. 15-20.** Hoosier Hills Food Bank’s 42nd annual Community Book Fair opens Thursday (Oct. 15) at the Monroe County Fairgrounds, with more than 100,000 books and other items for sale through Tuesday (Oct. 20). Admission is $10 on Thursday (free for veterans and active-duty military) and free the rest of the fair, with regular prices including $3 hardcovers and $1 paperbacks. Sunday is half-price day, followed by $10-a-bag Monday and $5-a-bag Tuesday, with all proceeds benefiting the food bank’s hunger-relief programs \[[book fair map and schedule](https://bsquarebulletin.com/monroe-county-election-board-reviews-problems-with-accessible-ballot-system/)\]. **Pizza Trail: Oct. 1–31.** October is pizza month. And in Bloomington this is commemorated with a [Pizza Trail](https://www.visitbloomington.com/restaurants/passports/pizza-passport-trail/) that Visit Bloomington is promoting. The idea is you sign up for a mobile pass, which sounds like a kind of digital punchcard. Every time you check in with one of 20 different local pizza joints, you get a credit. And at the end you can redeem the points for gift cards to ... pizza joints. There **Book crawl Oct. 23–24.** You probably know what a bar crawl is. It’s that, but with bookstores. From the organizers: As we continue to sell [tickets](https://buskirkchumley.org/events/an-evening-with-wright-thompson-michael-koryta-october-25-2026/), we wanted to let you know along with the keynote speakers on [Oct. 25](https://www.bloomingtonbookfestival.com/events), Wright Thompson and Michael Koryta, we are also launching our first Bloomington Book Festival Book Crawl. It will be happening Oct. 23–24. Here is what the book crawl will look like: 9 participating bookstores — [Book Corner](https://thebookcorneronline.com/), [Caveat Emptor](https://www.caveatemptorbloomington.com/), [Knitting Romance](https://knittingromance.com/), [MCPL Friends of the Library](https://mcpl.info/friends/friends-library), [Morgenstern Books](https://morgensternbooks.com/), [Naughty Dog Books](https://www.naughtydogbooks.com/), [Redbud Books](https://redbudbooks.org/), [Steve’s Book-O-Rama](https://stevesbookorama.com/home/), and [Vintage Phoenix](https://vintagephoenixcomics.com/home.html). - Begin at any of the above participating bookstores to pick up your passport. - A single purchase (ANY purchase, no minimums) from EACH store gets you a stamp in your passport. (A purchase is necessary to receive a stamp.) - Each stamp is an entry into a raffle to receive 2 free tickets to [The Bloomington Book Festival](https://www.bloomingtonbookfestival.com/) on Oct. 25, 2026. - Each fully completed passport is an entry into a raffle for the grand prize: over $500 in gift cards, autographed copies of Wright Thompson’s “The Barn” and Michael Koryta’s new release “Die Famous,” and 2 free tickets to this year’s Bloomington Book Festival. - Once your passport is completed or you are finished with the book crawl, leave your passport with the last bookstore you visited. - The drawing for the prizes will take place the morning of Oct. 25. - The winners will be contacted that morning via email and text and announced on our social media! ### Meet: Bubba! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/6f/206f9007-c0a7-47d4-b87b-686c21961f22/content/images/2026/10/croped-bubba2.jpeg) Up for adoption, as of Oct. 18 at the city of Bloomington’s animal shelter, is [Bubba](https://bloomington.in.gov/animal-shelter/animals/79869). Here’s another link: [all animals up for adoption at the shelter](https://bloomington.in.gov/animal-shelter/animals?ref=bsquarebulletin.com). (The photo is from the city’s website.) This very, very, good boy is a shepherd mix. **And he let the shelter staff dress him up like a pumpkin!** Here’s what the shelter staff have written about [Bubba](https://bloomington.in.gov/animal-shelter/animals/79869). > Are you looking for a partner for your morning run? A champion for backyard tug-of-war? A professional ball-fetcher who also knows some basic commands. Stop scrolling—Bubba is your man! Bubba is a high-energy, joy-filled pup who is looking for an active family to keep up with his on the go lifestyle. He’s the kind of guy who wakes up excited and brings that same enthusiasm to everything he does. Whether he’s chasing a ball, tearing up the field in a game of fetch, or snuggling his favorite plushie, Bubba does it with all his heart. Bubba would do best in an active home with a yard where he can zoom around and burn off his happy energy. Or he'd love someone who loves to take long hikes! If you’re looking for a dog to join you on adventures, Bubba is your guy! ### Photo Finish: 6th Street & Walnut Street ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/6f/206f9007-c0a7-47d4-b87b-686c21961f22/content/images/2026/10/2026-10-17-skeleton-motorcycle-PXL_20261017_181503235.ACTION_PAN-01.COVER-processed-1.jpeg) The skeleton riding on the back of this Honda Shadow motorcycle seems like a setup for a joke: Bone to be wild. Or: “Yea, though I ride through the valley of the Honda Shadow of Death, I will fear no Evel Knievel.” (Dave Askins, Oct. 17, 2026) The Photo Finish items are drawn from the [B There](https://bsquarebulletin.com/tag/b-there/) section of the B Square website. --- Thanks for reading. 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