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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.

Potential convention center deal: City, county leaders meet, agree to meet again

Potential convention center deal: City, county leaders meet, agree to meet again

On Wednesday at noon, the possible expansion of the county convention center was the topic of a meeting of Monroe County and Bloomington officials. The gathering at the county courthouse included county commissioners, some county councilors, city councilmembers and the mayor’s office. It was the first time that representatives

CBU director on Bloomington’s bad-tasting water: “One time is a fluke. Two times is a pattern.”

CBU director on Bloomington’s bad-tasting water: “One time is a fluke. Two times is a pattern.”

“Water tastes fishy and like it’s straight out of a creek.” That’s from an Aug. 29, 2022 complaint logged in Bloomington’s uReport system. The complaint is one of at least 14 such reports filed since Aug. 27. It’s the second late summer in a row that

$129M in 2023: Bloomington mayor asks city council to approve 21% bigger budget for next year

$129M in 2023: Bloomington mayor asks city council to approve 21% bigger budget for next year

The 2023 budget that has been proposed by Bloomington mayor John Hamilton comes in at $129.2 million, which is about 21 percent more than last year. That’s the figure in city controller Jeff Underwood’s memo, which was released on Monday at 2 p.m. A news release

Column: Choices about Bloomington’s new common council districts should be a tale of at least two cities

Column: Choices about Bloomington’s new common council districts should be a tale of at least two cities

Bloomington’s five-person redistricting commission is scheduled to meet for a fourth time this coming week on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. At the Aug. 31 meeting, it looks like the commission might be considering just one proposed map of new common council (aka city council)

Duplex east of IU gets conditional use OK from Bloomington BZA, first one after year of new zoning

Duplex east of IU gets conditional use OK from Bloomington BZA, first one after year of new zoning

In more than a year since Bloomington mayor John Hamilton signed revisions to the city’s unified development ordinance (UDO) into law, just one application to construct a duplex as a conditional use has been heard by the city’s board of zoning appeals (BZA). The BZA’s approval of

2023 Bloomington budget highlights: 24 new jobs, potential increases for trash fees, parking rates

2023 Bloomington budget highlights: 24 new jobs, potential increases for trash fees, parking rates

A department-by-department breakdown of Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s proposed 2023 budget was released on Friday. Still missing from the release are memos from city controller Jeff Underwood and human resources department head Caroline Shaw, which are supposed to include an overview of city-wide finances and salary/

Photos: Brick-by-brick partial demolition of Johnson’s Creamery smokestack starts, as Bloomington watches like a hawk

Photos: Brick-by-brick partial demolition of Johnson’s Creamery smokestack starts, as Bloomington watches like a hawk

On Thursday, the partial demolition got started for the Johnson’s Creamery smokestack, located off the B-Line Trail and 7th Street. Two workers in a metal cage suspended from a crane first removed the topmost metal reinforcement band from around the stack, which they lowered to the ground. With