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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.

Bloomington Transit OKs 5-year deal, will get $3.8 million annually from city’s local income tax

Bloomington Transit OKs 5-year deal, will get $3.8 million annually from city’s local income tax

Bloomington Transit will receive at least $3.8 million a year for the next five years from the city of Bloomington, under an interlocal agreement approved by BT’s five-member board at its final meeting of the year, on Dec. 20. The agreement still needs to win approval from Bloomington’

Animal accord for Bloomington, Monroe County, Ellettsville, gets routine OK from city council

Animal accord for Bloomington, Monroe County, Ellettsville, gets routine OK from city council

Even if Bloomington and Monroe county government officials have recently been fighting like cats and dogs about topics like the convention center expansion, they have for several years settled into a pattern of uncontroversial cooperation for the sheltering of homeless animals. At its last meeting of the year, on Dec.

Christmas Photos: Not a partridge, not a pear tree

Christmas Photos: Not a partridge, not a pear tree

On a Christmas Day visit to Lake Monroe and some Bloomington area parks, The B Square did not observe a single partridge in a pear tree. Some other lesser birds were nonetheless spotted. More photos below. Photos: Bloomington, Indiana area (Dec. 25, 2022)

2022 a cold Christmas for Bloomington, but not the coldest

2022 a cold Christmas for Bloomington, but not the coldest

In Bloomington, Indiana, 2022 will be remembered as a White Christmas and a cold Christmas. But it won’t be the coldest on record for Bloomington, even if it will rank among the coldest. The coldest Christmas in Bloomington since 1895—when the period of record starts for the NOAA

Rezone for new county jail denied by Bloomington city council, with calls to include city in planning

Rezone for new county jail denied by Bloomington city council, with calls to include city in planning

This past Wednesday (Dec. 21), Bloomington’s city council denied a request from the county government to rezone an 87-acre parcel in the southwestern tip of the city, so that it could be used for a new county jail. That city council’s denial came on a unanimous vote. The

Ice storm: Bloomington mayor vetoes city council resolution on CIB for convention center expansion

Ice storm: Bloomington mayor vetoes city council resolution on CIB for convention center expansion

A Bloomington city council resolution in support of a capital improvement board (CIB) as the governance method for a convention center expansion, has been vetoed by mayor John Hamilton. The announcement of the veto came at 3:15 p.m. Friday, the day before Christmas Eve, when local overnight temperatures

Bloomington city council 2023 election notebook: Seeds get planted in Democratic Party primary field

Bloomington city council 2023 election notebook: Seeds get planted in Democratic Party primary field

Wednesday, Jan. 4 next year is the first chance for Bloomington residents to submit a formal filing of their candidacy for a seat on the nine-member city council. But it’s already possible for someone to file the paperwork to establish a campaign committee or just to say that they