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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.

Column: What is ‘value’ when it comes to options for Bloomington’s new police station?

Column: What is ‘value’ when it comes to options for Bloomington’s new police station?

Under Indiana’s building code, newly constructed police stations and fire stations have to be built to conform with Category 4 risk standards. That’s the highest standard in the code. Category 4 includes facilities like emergency surgery facilities, and power-generating stations—essential facilities that are needed in response

City council committee set for second meeting on Showers building purchase for new police, fire HQ

City council committee set for second meeting on Showers building purchase for new police, fire HQ

At a city council committee meeting last Tuesday, Bloomington councilmember Steve Volan said to deputy mayor Mary Catherine Carmichael: “With all due respect, this is a very basic question: How many stories did that figure contemplate—three for four?” Volan was responding to a remark from Carmichael about a need

New Year’s Eve stabbing suspect arrested, Bloomington police report

New Year’s Eve stabbing suspect arrested, Bloomington police report

Bloomington police have reported the arrest of a 36-year-old Bloomington man as a suspect in a stabbing that took place downtown in the early hours of Jan. 1. According to a Bloomington police department (BPD) news release on Jan. 8, 2023, Ryan Johnson was arrested the previous day

Column: New gateway design would give Miller-Showers hawks another place to perch? Let’s do it!

Column: New gateway design would give Miller-Showers hawks another place to perch? Let’s do it!

The city of Bloomington recently asked for feedback on proposed new gateway designs—for the northern tip of Miller-Showers Park, and for the SR 45/46 bypass pedestrian bridge, near the Arlington Heights Elementary School. The funding for the work, and the eventual construction, comes from the general obligation

Bloomington answers request for mural under new court-ordered art policy: No, but we have questions

Bloomington answers request for mural under new court-ordered art policy: No, but we have questions

The city of Bloomington has now responded to an application submitted in December by Indiana University student Kyle Reynolds for the installation of a mural on Kirkwood Avenue that says “All Lives Matter.” In its response, the city has told Reynolds that such a mural, with words and letters, is

“We’ve gotta get moving on that,” says state rep on convention center project, given threat of tax sunset

“We’ve gotta get moving on that,” says state rep on convention center project, given threat of tax sunset

The Monroe Convention Center expansion project needs to make some progress, state representative Democrat Rep. Matt Pierce (District 61) said at a Friday luncheon hosted by the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce at The Mill. Looming during this year’s legislative session is a threat to the project’s planned

Activist tests right to write “vote” on Bloomington street, protests policy on art in public right-of-way

Activist tests right to write “vote” on Bloomington street, protests policy on art in public right-of-way

Around 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Bloomington area resident Thomas Westgård started dolloping a purple compound onto the asphalt at 7th and Madison streets near Monroe County’s Election Central. After a few minutes, the word “vote” was spelled out in purple on the pavement. It was a coincidence