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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.

Another season of Kirkwood street closures, parklets OK’d by Bloomington city council

Another season of Kirkwood street closures, parklets OK’d by Bloomington city council

This year, parts of Kirkwood Avenue in downtown Bloomington will again be closed to automobile traffic—for six months from April 3 through Oct. 1. Again this year, residents and visitors to downtown Bloomington will also notice orange water-filled traffic barriers marking off some on-street parking spaces, so

Bloomington parks board holds firm on percentage fee for food and beverage artisans at farmers market

Bloomington parks board holds firm on percentage fee for food and beverage artisans at farmers market

When the city of Bloomington’s farmers market opens for business on the first Saturday of April, the food and artisan vendors will pay 6.5 percent of their gross sales to the city of Bloomington. That’s in contrast to farmers at the market, who pay a set fee

Poll: Wide-open race for Bloomington mayor with a month to go until early voting starts

Poll: Wide-open race for Bloomington mayor with a month to go until early voting starts

With just a month to go before early voting starts for the May 2 Democratic Party primary, a poll conducted from Wednesday through Friday of this week shows that any of the three candidates could easily wind up being the Democratic Party’s nominee. No Republican candidate is running for

Residency of District 6 Bloomington city council candidate to be investigated by election board

Residency of District 6 Bloomington city council candidate to be investigated by election board

The first step of a formal investigation into the residency status of Bloomington city council candidate David Wolfe Bender has now been taken. At its regular meeting on Thursday, the three-member Monroe County election board voted unanimously on a motion that concluded that there is enough reason to believe

Bloomington council stays motionless on question of removing traffic commissioner

Bloomington council stays motionless on question of removing traffic commissioner

As expected, there was no action by Bloomington’s city council Wednesday night on a motion that had been made four weeks ago to remove Greg Alexander from the city’s traffic commission. Somewhat unexpected at the end of this Wednesday’s meeting was the lack of any motion that

Committee report on traffic commissioner’s removal to be put in front of Bloomington city council

Committee report on traffic commissioner’s removal to be put in front of Bloomington city council

Four weeks ago, Bloomington’s city council delayed a vote on the question of removing Greg Alexander from the traffic commission—by referring the matter to an already established committee on council processes. In the meantime, that committee has met three times. This Wednesday, the question of Alexander’s removal

Chatbot vs. Bloomington candidates for city office

Chatbot vs. Bloomington candidates for city office

With each election cycle, the League of Women Voters hosts a website with candidate profiles. It’s called Vote 411. Included below are links to all the LWV profiles for all candidates in Bloomington’s city primary elections—for mayor, clerk, and city council. The Vote 411 profiles include the