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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.

Transit board wants attorney’s advice on legal requirements for service outside Bloomington

Transit board wants attorney’s advice on legal requirements for service outside Bloomington

Bloomington Transit’s five-member board wants general manager John Connell to get legal advice on a specific question about the steps, if any, that need to be taken so that public bus service can be offered outside Bloomington’s city limits. That was the outcome of a half hour’s

11 Callery pear trees to get axed, Bloomington’s park board OKs $17K contract

11 Callery pear trees to get axed, Bloomington’s park board OKs $17K contract

By mid-November, nine of Bloomington’s Callery pear trees will be cut down, along the B-Line Trail, north of the 3rd Street bridge and south of 4th Street. Their stumps will be ground down six inches below the surface. Eight of the trees are eventually to be replaced with a

Winslow Road resurfacing gets some discussion by Bloomington RDC, but no vote on contract

Winslow Road resurfacing gets some discussion by Bloomington RDC, but no vote on contract

An item related to a Winslow Road resurfacing project—which was postponed by Bloomington’s redevelopment commission from its meeting two weeks ago—still did not get a vote by the RDC on Monday. The resolution that appeared Monday’s meeting agenda did not need a vote, according to assistant

Column: Hey, buddy, let’s talk trash bin math

Column: Hey, buddy, let’s talk trash bin math

Before the end of the year, Bloomington residents could be looking at an increased price for their trash pickup by the city’s sanitation division. The idea is not just to cover the increased costs for the service. The eventual goal could be to eliminate any general fund support for

Walnut-College study contract OK’d by Bloomington board of works, could tackle two-way question

Walnut-College study contract OK’d by Bloomington board of works, could tackle two-way question

A new conceptual design for College Avenue and Walnut Street—from the 45/46 bypass to Allen Street—is supposed to be delivered to the city of Bloomington by the end of 2023. Allen Street is south of the place where College and Walnut merge into a single street—it’

Early election notebook: Three days of in-person early voting

Early election notebook: Three days of in-person early voting

Through about 1:30 p.m. on Friday, 863 people had cast an early in-person ballot in Monroe County for the Nov. 8 elections. Early in-person voting started on Wednesday morning at Monroe County’s election operations center at 3rd and Walnut streets. For the first week of early voting,

Bloomington budget adopted, AFSCME workers get same pay (for now) as last year

Bloomington budget adopted, AFSCME workers get same pay (for now) as last year

On unanimous votes taken on Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council adopted the six separate ordinances that make up the 2023 budget. That meant the council chose not to confront Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s administration in the same way it did last year, when it postponed a vote on