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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.

Monroe County election board member on voting logistics: “We don’t want to be forced to make lemonade out of lemons.”

Monroe County election board member on voting logistics: “We don’t want to be forced to make lemonade out of lemons.”

Monroe County commissioners want the election board to consider an approach to early voting that would use more than one location for voters to cast their ballots ahead of election day. County commissioners would also like the election board to pursue the option of establishing “vote centers” for voting on

$30M in loans for improvements: Bloomington Housing Authority’s Crestmont Community

$30M in loans for improvements: Bloomington Housing Authority’s Crestmont Community

At its Wednesday meeting, the city council approved the final step in a process that will lend $30M to an entity created by Bloomington Housing Authority (BHA), called Bloomington RAD II, LP. The money will be used to make improvements to the 196-unit public housing complex on the city’s

341 bedrooms: Revised zoning for eastside project OK’d by Bloomington city council

341 bedrooms: Revised zoning for eastside project OK’d by Bloomington city council

Getting unanimous approval from Bloomington’s city council on Wednesday was the tweaked zoning for a project by Curry Urban Properties that will build 233 apartments with 341 bedrooms on the 3.2-acre empty lot at the northwest corner of Pete Ellis Drive and Longview Avenue. Compared to the planned

Bloomington city council to mull resolution on “certain inadequacies within the police budget”

Bloomington city council to mull resolution on “certain inadequacies within the police budget”

The proposed 2022 budget for Bloomington’s police department will be the topic of a city council work session on Friday at noon, and a special meeting of the council set for 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday (Sept. 8). Up for discussion will be a resolution sponsored by councilmembers

Bloomington annexation now two small chunks smaller, votes set for Sept. 15

Bloomington annexation now two small chunks smaller, votes set for Sept. 15

Bloomington’s city council voted on Tuesday night to exclude two small chunks from one of the proposed areas in the currently pending eight-area annexation plan. The chunks that are no longer on the table to be made a part of the city of Bloomington, came from Area 2, which

Election division physical space needs: County officials meet again this week, open house scheduled

Election division physical space needs: County officials meet again this week, open house scheduled

On the Wednesday morning regular meeting agenda of the Monroe County commissioners is a resolution that will establish a committee to handle the review of voting precincts and districts in light of the 2020 US Census results. As significant as that action is, it’s not the main election news

Budget notebook: Bloomington police salary data

Budget notebook: Bloomington police salary data

Much of last Tuesday’s Bloomington city council hearing on the police department’s 2022 budget focused on pay for Bloomington’s sworn officers. A key question councilmembers were keen to get answered: How does compensation for Bloomington’s police officers stack up against compensation in other Indiana cities? At