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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 nixes zoning request for new jail, puts off purchase of Showers building as police HQ

Bloomington nixes zoning request for new jail, puts off purchase of Showers building as police HQ

The purchase of the western part of the Showers building, which also houses city hall, won’t be decided by Bloomington’s city council until next year. But in a separate action on Wednesday night, the council did effectively decide that the site of a new Monroe County jail will

Bloomington OKs policy on private art installed in public right-of-way: No speech for permanent art

Bloomington OKs policy on private art installed in public right-of-way: No speech for permanent art

Under the policy approved by Bloomington’s board of public works at its Tuesday meeting, no public street mural with words and letters could be installed by private parties—if the mural is expected to last longer than a week. The action by the board was time sensitive. A federal

Recount confirms Hall as winner over Githens in state house District 62

Recount confirms Hall as winner over Githens in state house District 62

Around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Indiana’s recount commission confirmed Republican Dave Hall as the winner of the election for District 62 state house over Democrat Penny Githens. The final recounted tally was: Penny Githens (D): 12,963 Dave Hall (R): 13,037 That’s a plurality of 74

Construction crane knocks out power to 2K Duke customers in Bloomington, now down to 100

Construction crane knocks out power to 2K Duke customers in Bloomington, now down to 100

On Monday afternoon, the power outage for nearly 2,000 customers in the north central part of Bloomington was caused by a construction crane that hit a Duke Energy high voltage transmission line, according to a Duke Energy spokesperson. According to Duke Energy, the construction crane was working on new

Photos, Poems: Not two turtle doves

Photos, Poems: Not two turtle doves

On Monday morning, a red-tailed hawk perched on the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church at 6th and Lincoln streets in downtown Bloomington. After a while, it was joined by a second hawk. Not long after that, the second hawk flew off. A lament about a hawk’s flyoff Now

Analysis: Ban on “speech” for private art in Bloomington public right-of-way

Analysis: Ban on “speech” for private art in Bloomington public right-of-way

On Bloomington’s board of public works meeting agenda for this coming Tuesday (Dec. 20) is a new policy on installations of private art in the public right-of-way. The policy would ban “speech”—which is defined under the policy to include letters, words, and other universally recognized symbols—for any

Bloomington city council supports CIB for convention center, but county ordinance likely needs redoing

Bloomington city council supports CIB for convention center, but county ordinance likely needs redoing

By a vote of 8-1 at its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council passed a resolution of support for establishing a capital improvement board (CIB) to serve as the governance structure for an expansion of the Monroe Convention Center. Dissenting on the vote was Kate Rosenbarger, who expressed frustration with