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Vice President Mike Pence created serious public access issues when he used a private email account
for public business, but he didn’t break the law; Monroe County Commissioners approved an agreement
with the county jail’s Collective Bargaining Unit last week; A bill being considered in the Indiana legislature
would introduce four new Class A misdemeanors for the misuse of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones;
A Bloomington High School South senior has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Poetry Out Loud
State competition.
FEATURE
A report on Downtown Safety and Civility is now under review by a mayoral task force. The Community
Justice and Mediation Center, or CJAM, produced the report after undertaking a three-stage public
deliberation process to examine issues such as panhandling, homelessness, and substance abuse in
public places that led some community members to feel unsafe. One of CJAM’s public forums was
interrupted last December by protesters voicing concern that the Mayor’s task force didn’t include a
representative for Bloomington’s homeless and disenfranchised populations. The task force is made up
of representatives from the business sector, health services, the police, and city government. According
to CJAM Director Liz Grenat (greh-NAT) , two new members were added to the task force to address this
concern: Susan Rine (REN-ee) of Life Designs and Reverend Forrest Gilmore of Shalom Community
Center. The task force had its first meeting on Feb 17th. Reporter Sarah Vaughan spoke with Reverend
Forrest Gilmore and CJAM’s Liz Grenat about its work reviewing the report and best practices and
making recommendations to the city.
ACTIVATE!
Our weekly segment spotlighting people working for positive change in our community.
CREDITS
Anchors: Doug Storm and Maria McKinley
Today’s headlines were written by Jessica De La Cruz, Sheila Raghavendran, and Joe Crawford, along
with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with <a href=”http://catstv.net/”> Community Access
Television Services.</a>
Our feature was produced by Sarah Vaughan.
Activate! is produced by Jennifer Brooks, along with the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network.
Board Engineer: Matt Griffin
Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
Executive Producer: Joe Crawford
