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Dave Askins

Dave Askins

Bloomington, Indiana

Dave Askins is editor and publisher of The B Square Bulletin. A Hoosier native with a background in math and linguistics, he previously co-founded the Ann Arbor Chronicle with his wife, Mary Morgan.

Annexation update: Bloomington mayor, city council to hold closed-door meeting on litigation

Annexation update: Bloomington mayor, city council to hold closed-door meeting on litigation

Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson has called a closed-door meeting with the city council for next Wednesday evening (Aug 14), to brief councilmembers on the city’s pending annexation litigation. Under state law, the discussion of pending litigation is one of several reasons why a public agency can hold a meeting

Randy Cassady now officially off ballot for Monroe County commissioner

Randy Cassady now officially off ballot for Monroe County commissioner

Randy Cassady will not appear on the Nov. 5, 2024 ballot as the Republican Party’s nominee for District 2 Monroe County commissioner. At a Thursday afternoon meeting of Monroe County’s three-member election board, the hearing on the challenge to Randy Cassady’s eligibility as a candidate was dispatched

Convenience store rezone OK’d by Monroe County even without sewer connection, developer’s attorney says ‘We’ve made public health a political football.’

Convenience store rezone OK’d by Monroe County even without sewer connection, developer’s attorney says ‘We’ve made public health a political football.’

A project consisting of a convenience store, gas station, and office, which is planned for a spot west of Bloomington, got a requested rezone from Monroe County commissioners on Wednesday. The vote was 3–0. The approve came even after last week it was denied a requested sewer connection by

Second lower court order against Bloomington: ‘[T]he annexation of Areas 1A and 1B shall not take place’

Second lower court order against Bloomington: ‘[T]he annexation of Areas 1A and 1B shall not take place’

In the trial on the merits for two big annexation areas west and southwest of Bloomington, a circuit court judge has ruled in favor of remonstrators—that is, against the city of Bloomington. It was mid-afternoon on Wednesday, when judge Nathan Nikirk, out of Lawrence County, issued his order that

Driver speed feedback signs near university show most Bloomington motorists drive too fast

Driver speed feedback signs near university show most Bloomington motorists drive too fast

Around 14,000 drivers a day might have noticed the pair of new driver speed feedback signs since they were recently installed on Atwater Avenue. That’s the one-way street that runs parallel to 3rd Street south of the IU Campus. The estimate number of drivers who have seen the

New housing plan for Bloomington’s ‘street homeless’ adds case managers, effort to stem inflow

New housing plan for Bloomington’s ‘street homeless’ adds case managers, effort to stem inflow

On Tuesday, a new housing action plan was unveiled at a press conference at Bloomington’s city hall. The press conference was held by Heading Home of South Central Indiana, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson, and heads of a half dozen nonprofits that provide services to homeless people. The plan focuses

Column: Bloomington’s city council should reject ‘bundling’ of bills, engage public earlier and better

Column: Bloomington’s city council should reject ‘bundling’ of bills, engage public earlier and better

Appearing for a vote on the Bloomington city council’s Wednesday (Aug. 7) agenda is a single piece of legislation—Appropriation Ordinance 2024-02. That one ordinance could have, and should have, been split into three. That’s because the one ordinance covers three different topics and three different funds. Affected