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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.

Indiana Supreme Court rules 3–2 for Bloomington in annexation law case

Indiana Supreme Court rules 3–2 for Bloomington in annexation law case

In a 3–2 decision on the five-member panel, Indiana’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the city of Bloomington in a case that was prompted by the state legislature’s passage of a law in 2017 that stopped the annexation process Bloomington was pursuing. The highest

Century Village rezoning request gets OK from plan commission, heads to city council for approval

Century Village rezoning request gets OK from plan commission, heads to city council for approval

The site of the controversial Century Village 590-bed student housing project on the east edge of town, denied by the city council two years ago, got a positive recommendation from Bloomington’s plan commission on Monday night—for a rezoning from planned unit development (PUD) to mixed-use corridor

Monroe Dems: “Removing people without homes and their belongings from the encampment in the park is not an acceptable answer.”

Monroe Dems: “Removing people without homes and their belongings from the encampment in the park is not an acceptable answer.”

Responding to a city of Bloomington action on Wednesday night, to remove people and their belongings from Seminary Park, the Monroe County Democratic Party issued a statement on Sunday critical of the move. The MCDP statement asks that portable restrooms and handwashing stations be placed at the park as “the

Monroe County looking to rectify CVC’s violation of Open Door Law with meeting reenactment, possible new guidelines

Monroe County looking to rectify CVC’s violation of Open Door Law with meeting reenactment, possible new guidelines

Monroe County’s five-member convention and visitors commission (CVC) met on Wednesday Dec. 9 at noon. The meeting was not accessible to the public as required under Indiana’s Open Door Law. That’s because the Zoom video conferencing link that was used to conduct the meeting had not

Bloomington’s Seminary Park action spurs “Hands off Homeless” rally, call for funding of grassroots efforts

Click to view slideshow. On Friday evening, about 200 people gathered on the southeast corner of the Monroe County courthouse square to respond to the city of Bloomington’s action on Wednesday night, to remove a group of a dozen and half tents and people from Seminary Park. One demand

Removal of people, personal property from Bloomington’s Seminary Park prompts question: What, if anything, is an encampment?

Removal of people, personal property from Bloomington’s Seminary Park prompts question: What, if anything, is an encampment?

When it was founded in 1825, the school that stood on what’s now a park, at 2nd and Walnut streets in Bloomington, taught just two subjects, both heavy with vocabulary study—Greek and Latin. What’s the right word to describe Seminary Park over the last few weeks? It

Swift retraction of appointment to Bloomington parking commission after Facebook posts highlighted: “Not a reflection of the city that we are.”

Swift retraction of appointment to Bloomington parking commission after Facebook posts highlighted: “Not a reflection of the city that we are.”

An appointment made on Wednesday to Bloomington’s nine-member parking commission was retracted by the end of the day, because of Facebook posts made by the appointee, Joseph Bortka. The posts in question include one that responds to a post that says, “I hate feminism” with “I second this.