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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.

City Council OKs looser parking commission requirements, but still not Dunn with parking

City Council OKs looser parking commission requirements, but still not Dunn with parking

Bloomington’s city council voted Wednesday night to relax some membership requirements of the parking commission, a move meant to make it more likely the commission has a full complement of nine members. But the council postponed a couple of changes to the city’s parking code until its Aug.

Landowner in Bloomington eminent domain lawsuit: If City gets 3 more days, I’d like 3 more days

Landowner in Bloomington eminent domain lawsuit: If City gets 3 more days, I’d like 3 more days

The City of Bloomington is prepping to knock down the Fourth Street parking garage starting Sept. 3. But the demolition won’t start from south to north, which is one of the scenarios that bidders for the work were asked to contemplate. That’s because legal proceedings in the city’

Fixed-point audio recording, body cameras, to be added to Monroe County’s jail

Fixed-point audio recording, body cameras, to be added to Monroe County’s jail

Monroe County’s sheriff, Brad Swain, appeared in front of the county board of commissioners on Wednesday morning to ask them to approve $6,850 to install four microphones on the first floor of the jail. With the purchase came the news that body cameras will be worn by a

City Council Preview Aug. 7, 2019: Parking commission, street parking

City Council Preview Aug. 7, 2019: Parking commission, street parking

Separate parking issues on Dunn Street and 17th Street together make up one of the two items on Wednesday’s city council agenda. The second agenda item is also related to parking—the eligibility requirements for service on the parking commission are proposed to be loosened. Both agenda items are

City council’s land use committee to discuss 820-bed student housing development

City council’s land use committee to discuss 820-bed student housing development

On Wednesday, Bloomington councilmembers will begin their deliberations on Collegiate Development Group’s proposed 820-bed planned unit development (PUD) on North Walnut at the site of the current Motel 6. At 5:30 p.m. the project will be considered by the four-member land use committee: councilmembers Allison

Bloomington city council rules committee off to rough start

Bloomington city council rules committee off to rough start

A meeting of the Bloomington city council rules committee on Monday evening was postponed to some other time, after less than 10 minutes of conversation. The council’s administrator/attorney, Dan Sherman, questioned whether the meeting had been properly noticed, and that led to some sharp exchanges between him and

Sept. 3 start for $1.48M demolition of Bloomington’s 4th Street parking garage

Sept. 3 start for $1.48M demolition of Bloomington’s 4th Street parking garage

At Monday evening’s meeting of Bloomington’s Redevelopment Commission, a guaranteed maximum for the demolition of the city’s 4th Street garage was approved: $1,482,393. The timeline for demolition was also laid out, which includes a start date of Sept. 3, the day after the Labor Day