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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.

Community justice notebook: County council adopts recommendations on new jail

Community justice notebook: County council adopts recommendations on new jail

At its work session on Tuesday night, Monroe County’s seven-member council voted 6–1 to adopt a previously distributed memo “as a reflection of the council’s recommendations for the new jail.” The three non-binding recommendations in the memo are: (1) The county council recommends a jail with a

Bloomington mayoral primary forum: Are we scared of being the best at taking care of the less fortunate?

Bloomington mayoral primary forum: Are we scared of being the best at taking care of the less fortunate?

At a Tuesday evening event for mayoral hopefuls in the Democratic Party’s May 2 primary, moderators from Heading Home of South Central Indiana quizzed the candidates about housing for low-income residents and homelessness. The hosts also flipped the usual script for part of the event. Each candidate had submitted

Bloomington’s remembrancer: “Inclusion is not enough. We need to think about retention.”

Bloomington’s remembrancer: “Inclusion is not enough. We need to think about retention.”

Bloomington city clerk Nicole Bolden is seeking reelection to a third four-year term. The Democrat has been unopposed in the primary and the general election for the last two election cycles and this year is no different. Bolden is the only candidate to appear on the Democratic Party’s May

Public bus notebook: ‘Dumb’ fare boxes could be in Bloomington Transit’s future

Public bus notebook: ‘Dumb’ fare boxes could be in Bloomington Transit’s future

When passengers pay cash for the $1 fare in order to board one of Bloomington Transit’s 42 fixed-route buses, they put the money into a CENTSaBILL farebox. The farebox counts the coins or validates the dollar bill, which makes it in some sense “smart.” But the current fareboxes are

Independent hopeful makes uninvited appearance at Bloomington mayoral primary candidate forum

Independent hopeful makes uninvited appearance at Bloomington mayoral primary candidate forum

Who gets invited to participate in mayoral candidate forums? What happens if an uninvited mayoral hopeful shows up to participate? With early voting in the May 2 municipal primary races starting in a little over a week, those questions got asked and answered at a Saturday event hosted by the

Candidate forum message: “Vote, or lose your right to complain about the world’s circumstances.”

Candidate forum message: “Vote, or lose your right to complain about the world’s circumstances.”

On Saturday afternoon, at the Crestmont Boys and Girls Club on the north side of town, the Kappa Tau Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority hosted a Bloomington municipal candidate forum. Alpha Kappa Alpha is one of the Divine Nine—that’s the nickname for the National Pan-Hellenic Council

Traffic commission agrees with bike/ped group on 7th Street: Reinstall stop sign only at Dunn

Traffic commission agrees with bike/ped group on 7th Street: Reinstall stop sign only at Dunn

A recommendation from city engineer Andrew Cibor, to reinstall five stop signs along 7th Street in downtown Bloomington, will not have complete support from two advisory groups when it lands in front of the city council. On Monday, the bicycle and pedestrian safety commission (BPSC) recommended reinstalling just one of