WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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Criticism over the city of Bloomington’s use of private information led officials to call a meeting, today; The City of Bloomington received its new armored truck over the weekend; The Ellettsville Town Council is voicing support for increasing a tax break it gave affordable housing developers, last fall; Indiana is making handheld metal detectors available, at no cost, to every Indiana public, charter, and private school that requests them.
FEATURE
The city of Bloomington received their quarter million dollar armored truck over the weekend, putting to bed a controversial saga that has lasted since the purchase was announced, earlier this year. Activists say it’s not just the purchase of an armored truck that has them concerned, it’s also the way in which the purchase went forward; No community input was solicited during the purchase process, until the purchase was brought up by activists. Bloomington City Council member Steve Volan penned a letter to Mayor John Hamilton’s office, in February. In today’s feature, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Volan, who says city council was largely excluded from the purchase, despite facing community criticism.
BICENTENNIAL JOURNAL
The Bicentennial Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana.
CREDITS
Anchors: Don Geyra and Erin Wager-Miller
Today’s headlines were written by Andrew McKearin and Wes Martin
Along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Wes Martin
The Biccentennial Journal is produced by Kate Welch, with help from Joyce Polling,
Our engineer today is Megan Wade
Our theme music is provided by Dani Graf, Ben Lumsdaine, and Scott Schmadeke.
Executive Producer is Wes Martin
