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Hey, Wait a Minute | The art of putting CATS on YouTube by yourself

Hey, Wait a Minute | The art of putting CATS on YouTube by yourself

Note: “Hey, Wait a Minute” is an occasional B Square Beacon series that highlights meeting minutes and other documentation of local government meetings in the Bloomington, Indiana area. A couple of weeks ago, I described the automatically generated YouTube transcripts of Bloomington city council meeting videos as providing “a fantastically

Math Journal: Geometry of annexation isn’t a completely gray area

Math Journal: Geometry of annexation isn’t a completely gray area

Bloomington’s litigation over a 2017 law that stopped its effort to annex some land into the city is grinding its way towards a hearing in front of the Indiana Supreme Court. Bloomington won a ruling from a lower court in April that found the law was unconstitutional on two

Funniest Person in Bloomington for 2019: Kristen Lucas

Funniest Person in Bloomington for 2019: Kristen Lucas

The tally of Comedy Attic audience ballots last Wednesday made Kristen Lucas the Funniest Person in Bloomington this year. The vote put an exclamation mark on eleven weeks of competition that started in mid-June. For Lucas, it was the second time she’s won the title—she won the

Bloomington responds to State of Indiana’s appeal brief in 2017 annexation case: “Nonsense.”

Bloomington responds to State of Indiana’s appeal brief in 2017 annexation case: “Nonsense.”

On Wednesday, Bloomington filed with the Indiana Supreme Court its response to the State of Indiana’s appeal of a lower court ruling made in April, which found that a 2017 law blocking Bloomington’s annexation process was unconstitutional on two separate grounds. Bloomington’s brief uses words like “nonsense,

4th Street parking structure site plan review pushed to October

4th Street parking structure site plan review pushed to October

The Bloomington plan commission’s already-started review of the city’s 4th Street parking garage site plan proposal has been given another continuance, according to the planning department’s development services manager, Jackie Scanlan. It’s the second continuance approved by the department under Article VIII (B) of the

Bloomington’s city council OKs electric bus appropriation, money for county fire protection

Bloomington’s city council OKs electric bus appropriation, money for county fire protection

A special meeting of Bloomington’s city council on Wednesday wrapped up in about a half hour, as the council dispatched the two agenda items without controversy. One item was to approve a $1.13 million appropriation in this year’s (2019) budget for the grants won by Bloomington Transit

City council 2020 budget talks look towards ending leaf collection, increasing trash data

City council 2020 budget talks look towards ending leaf collection, increasing trash data

The city’s director of public works, Adam Wason, stood at the podium for three hours at Thursday’s 2020 departmental budget hearings held by the Bloomington city council. He had to present budget proposals for seven different divisions in his department: admin ($1,918,580), animal care and control