Case Date:

12/28/2025

Pedestrian button pole has been hit. Flat in the grass at the First Financial Bank corner.

Case Date:

12/26/2025

Hello, here we go again with another violation from the grandson of property owner Carl James. This beauty of a vehicle (what’s left of it) was unloaded from a car trailer this past Sunday night (12/21). Someone let the car idle very loudly for about 15-20 minutes, while it emitted an ear splitting level of noise. I was in my kitchen, located in the middle of the house on the first floor of my home and thought someone may have had an accident. I turned out the kitchen light and peeked from behind my dining room curtain to see what the source of the noise was. I saw two sets of headlights. I was relieved it was not an accident and returned to getting my dinner. Then the noise got really loud as the vehicle was coming past my kitchen window down Fairview alley. The car then rounded the corner onto a gravel and dirt path behind the houses on W. 7th Street. It came within one foot of my next door neighbor’s wooden privacy fence. I can see how close the wrecker came to hitting the fence due to the trail of mud left behind. I knew exactly where the car was going to end up and I was correct. The attached photo was taken the following day. This family has 32 City of Bloomington violations reported on their property, dating back to 1970. They obviously don’t follow rules or have any respect for the neighbors living in close proximity to their house. Owner Carl James is in deteriorating health and feels since he owns the house, his spawn can do whatever the **** they want. I’m planning to move to Urbana, Illinois in the spring of 2026. The James family is never going to change their ways, so I’m leaving Bloomington. I thought this was my forever home, but at the age of 64 I will be moving again. This is the outcome when people “flip the bird” at rules and personal responsibility.

Case Date:

12/28/2025

Water coming up slowly from roadway. The road has been wet for a few days now just north of the railroad tracks crossing Curry Pike. Best I can tell when driving through it appears the water is coming from an area of the road under the yellow striped paint. I don’t see any large obvious manholes there but maybe one of those small ones is there? I just thought someone official should go investigate why the road has been consistently wet in that area.

Case Date:

12/23/2025

Looks like someone was sleeping in the City's Trades District plaza near the public art piece. Large cardboard box and trash spewed across the plaza.

Case Date:

12/28/2025

A tree went down in front of our house due to tonight's storm, causing traffic on High St to have to swerve around it.

Case Date:

12/27/2025

Weeds around sidewalk and turn signal control box. City put they need to take of it.

Case Date:

12/18/2025