Ask the Mayor
About
A weekly program where mayors from Bloomington, Columbus, and Terre Haute answer questions about your community. We also delve into new and long-term city topics.
The show airs on WFIU on Wednesday mornings at 6:45 AM and 8:45 AM
- First Wednesday of the month: Columbus Mayor Mary Ferdon (R)
- Second Wednesday of the month: Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sakbun (D)
- Third Wednesday of the month: Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson (D)
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"It is an issue that we are really grateful that the public has brought to our attention, and it has caused us to have very serious conversations with Flock." - Mayor Thomson
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"When global decisions start affecting the everyday American's pocketbook on top of the news cycle that they continue to watch, I do think the court of public opinion will change over time with how we approach these conversations of forever wars." - Mayor Sakbun -
"I think the goal is to push those off for a year and then give cities a chance to talk with legislators about some of the changes and how the rate structure can be adjusted." - Ferdon on municipality revenues -
"We did survey all of the businesses impacted by a closure on Kirkwood, and only five of them said that they supported a closure." - Thomson on summer Kirkwood closure -
"There's an attack on rural communities. And I'm not even saying that it's purposeful. I'm saying that sometimes bad public policy leads to bad decisions." - Mayor Brandon Sakbun -
"As we lose revenue across the board from our two big sources, which are income tax and property tax, then something has to go away." - Mayor Mary Ferdon -
"What this does is really highlight all of these assets that Bloomington has always had, but now we have a spotlight." - Thomson on IU football's success -
"This particular property is an economic development property. It was not purchased as a target for housing." - Mayor Thomson on convention center hotel -
"I don't care what party you're in. People should choose their representatives. It is not the other way around. What's even more frustrating is, where was the special session to address these out-of-control utility bills from private companies?" - Sakbun on redistricting -
"We've got great employees here at Columbus, and we have police and fire are some of the best in the state, so I have no complaints. I'm really proud of the work that's been done this year." - Mayor Mary Ferdon -
"Good government does not need to waste its time on party politics. We need to be governing the state or the city as the case might." - Mayor Kerry Thomson on redistricting
