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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.

2023 Bloomington city council elections: Guenther won’t pursue at-large seat

2023 Bloomington city council elections: Guenther won’t pursue at-large seat

In a news release issued on Monday, Andrew Guenther announced his intent to end his exploratory committee, which he formed in mid-June to make a bid for Bloomington city council in 2023. Guenther is quoted in the release saying, “After careful consideration of my current schedule, obligations, and personal health,

Early voting wraps up in Monroe County, polls open on Election Day at 6 a.m.

Early voting wraps up in Monroe County, polls open on Election Day at 6 a.m.

Early voting in Monroe County for the Nov. 8 election is now over. Closing at noon on Monday were the polls at the election operations building at 3rd and Walnut streets in downtown Bloomington. Voting hours for Election Day, at assigned polling locations throughout the county, extend from 6 a.

Column: Let’s put a stop sign on the road to divisive debate club points, greenlight more ped infra money

Column: Let’s put a stop sign on the road to divisive debate club points, greenlight more ped infra money

Last Wednesday, a divided Bloomington city council approved new stop signs on Maxwell Lane at Sheridan Drive, making the intersection an all-way stop. The council’s deliberations were on brand—mired in meaningless debate club theater. The desire to score debate points distracted from a fundamental challenge—the need to

Bloomington looks finally to put commercial tenants in ground floors of city parking garages

Bloomington looks finally to put commercial tenants in ground floors of city parking garages

The ground floor commercial space in the city of Bloomington’s two new public parking garages—on 4th Street and in the Trades District—could finally see some tenants, more than a year after construction was completed. Terms for lease agreements in both parking garages appear on the agenda for

New alley as part of swap at old Johnson’s Creamery likely won’t get city engineer’s support

New alley as part of swap at old Johnson’s Creamery likely won’t get city engineer’s support

A potential alley “swap” that would be crucial to construction of about 50 new apartments off 7th Street is a possibility that Peerless Development is still trying to sort out. At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council did not take up its part of the swap, which would be

Early voting in Monroe County continues to trail 2018 turnout, election day workers still needed

Early voting in Monroe County continues to trail 2018 turnout, election day workers still needed

At Thursday afternoon’s meeting of the Monroe County election board, county clerk Nicole Browne reported to her colleagues that she was “a little disheartened” about the early voting turnout so far for the Nov. 8 election. Election supervisor Karen Wheeler confirmed that the early voting numbers this year are

Stop signs OK’d by Bloomington city council over dissent from two members

Stop signs OK’d by Bloomington city council over dissent from two members

Stop signs requiring traffic on Maxwell Lane to halt at Sheridan Drive have been approved by Bloomington’s city council on a 6–2 vote with one abstention. The additional stop signs make the intersection at Maxwell Lane and Sheridan Drive an all-way stop. Currently it’s a two-way stop,