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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.

Election 2022 notebook: Early voting pace in Monroe County looks slower than for 2018

Election 2022 notebook: Early voting pace in Monroe County looks slower than for 2018

Turnout for this year’s midterm elections would be expected to be lower than in 2020, a presidential election year. But this year’s early voting numbers for Monroe County look like they could be also lagging behind the midterm numbers from last time around in 2018. In 2018, about

“Piss-poor” B-Line detour design prompts scrutiny of right-of-way definition by city traffic commission

“Piss-poor” B-Line detour design prompts scrutiny of right-of-way definition by city traffic commission

On Wednesday, at Bloomington’s traffic commission meeting, a question from commissioner Greg Alexander left city attorney Mike Rouker stumped: “If I was to ask the question, ‘What is the B-Line right-of-way within the terms of Chapter 12.08?’ where would I look, if not the transportation

Rezone for “truckstop–small” denied by Monroe County, ends 30 years of overnight truck parking

Rezone for “truckstop–small” denied by Monroe County, ends 30 years of overnight truck parking

Off SR-37 south of Bloomington and just south of the spot where I-69 and the state highway merge sits Sunmart, a Shell gas station and convenience store that also allows overnight truck parking. The overnight truck parking now has to end, because a requested rezoning of the nearly

Scooter contract renewal pulled from Bloomington BPW agenda, pending more review

Scooter contract renewal pulled from Bloomington BPW agenda, pending more review

The approval of contract renewal that would allow the Bird scooter company to continue to use the public right of way to do business in Bloomington was pulled from the Tuesday meeting agenda for the board of public works (BPW). The item is also not expected to appear on the

Election notebook: Monroe County early voting picks up pace, still way slower than presidential year

Election notebook: Monroe County early voting picks up pace, still way slower than presidential year

The historical pattern across the county is for midterm elections to generate less voter turnout than elections that are held in presidential years. In Monroe County, Indiana, that’s the pattern for early in-person voting so far, after almost two week’s worth of early voting. In 2020, for

Column: Bloomington city council quarrel about committees could be helped by a look back to 1954

Column: Bloomington city council quarrel about committees could be helped by a look back to 1954

On Wednesday this week, Bloomington’s city council will convene a stand-alone committee-of-the-whole meeting to discuss one item—an ordinance that would put an all-way stop at the intersection of Maxwell Lane and Sheridan Drive. This week’s committee meeting has been listed on the

Photos | 2022 Little 500 Fall Racing Series: Cyclocross

Photos | 2022 Little 500 Fall Racing Series: Cyclocross

The Little 500 bicycle race takes place in the spring on the track at Bill Armstrong stadium. But on the second-to-last Sunday in October, riders pedaled standard issue Little 5 machines up, down and around a cyclocross course laid out on the tailgate grounds south of the Indiana