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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.

Analysis | A list checked twice: Unwrapping Bloomington city council’s 1,093 votes over 4 years

Analysis | A list checked twice: Unwrapping Bloomington city council’s 1,093 votes over 4 years

Two weeks ago, Bloomington’s elected city clerk, Nicole Bolden, called the roll of the nine city councilmembers for their final vote of the four-year term. The vote was unanimous: Every councilmember voted in favor of the encomiums that were read aloud for each of the five councilmembers who

2023 will be a warm Christmas for Bloomington, but probably not the warmest ever

2023 will be a warm Christmas for Bloomington, but probably not the warmest ever

Area Christmas Eve temperatures hit 63 F degrees. The warm lead-in to Christmas Day might make some Bloomington residents wonder: Will Christmas Day in 2023 be the warmest one on record? The answer is: Probably not. But it will be one of the warmest. The National Weather Service forecast

Transit notebook: Bloomington heads towards more cashless fares, year-end housekeeping

Transit notebook: Bloomington heads towards more cashless fares, year-end housekeeping

Bloomington Transit (BT) is looking to switch to a fare collection system where almost all passengers who pay to board the bus will do it with an electronic transaction. At its meeting last Tuesday, the BT board authorized general manager John Connell to negotiate an agreement with Cubic Transportation Systems

$873K contract for greenway, other work awarded by Bloomington board of public works

$873K contract for greenway, other work awarded by Bloomington board of public works

Awarded to E&B Paving by Bloomington’s board of public works on Tuesday was a $873,378 construction contract that includes the Hawthorne-Weatherstone neighborhood greenway project. The project is a north-south connection running through central Bloomington, between 3rd Street on the north end to Hillside Drive

Garbage notebook: Waste disposal contract drops costs for Bloomington, not enough to lower cart fees

Garbage notebook: Waste disposal contract drops costs for Bloomington, not enough to lower cart fees

For at least the next two years, the city of Bloomington will be paying less for the disposal of the refuse that its sanitation crews collect from curbside carts that residents set out every week. Under the terms of the two-year contract approved by Bloomington’s board of public

Suspect in 2 Bloomington robberies arrested

Suspect in 2 Bloomington robberies arrested

In a news release issued early Wednesday evening, the Bloomington police department (BPD) announced the arrest of 35-year-old Byron Gregory Johnson on two charges of robbery. The charges stem from two separate incidents, both on Tuesday (Dec. 19). The first took place in the wee hours of Tuesday,

Bloomington mayor-elect Kerry Thomson picks Larry Allen as city attorney, some interims for other slots

Bloomington mayor-elect Kerry Thomson picks Larry Allen as city attorney, some interims for other slots

In a news release issued on Wednesday morning, Bloomington mayor-elect Kerry Thomson announced additional appointments that she is making for her administration, which starts in a little under two weeks, on Jan. 1, 2024. In Thomson’s administration, Bloomington’s city attorney will be Larry Allen, who currently serves