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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’s rules committee makes council personnel a top priority

City Council’s rules committee makes council personnel a top priority

At the first substantive meeting of the Bloomington city council’s rules committee on Friday, a few priorities were identified for future work. The four top priorities are: the council’s personnel; meeting procedures, including time limits; a council policy manual; and a clean-up of city code on boards

Consolidation of fire protection now on the horizon for five Monroe County townships, maybe more in future

Consolidation of fire protection now on the horizon for five Monroe County townships, maybe more in future

On Thursday night, Monroe Fire Protection District chief Dustin Dillard addressed a handful of Bloomington Township residents at a meeting held at the fire station on Old State Road 37. Bloomington Township is not yet a part of the the fire district Dillard leads, which is made up of three

4th Street parking garage site plan review delayed a month

4th Street parking garage site plan review delayed a month

The Bloomington plan commission’s already-started review of the city’s 4th Street parking garage site plan proposal won’t resume until Sept. 9. The Monday, Aug. 12, meeting packet, which was posted on the city’s website Friday afternoon, includes the parking garage site plan under the heading:

Farmers market still funny for Bloomington Comedy Festival

Farmers market still funny for Bloomington Comedy Festival

The summer-long Bloomington Comedy Festival at the Comedy Attic put another week of competition in the books on Wednesday. It was the first of two quarter-final rounds, which feature six candidates each week. The top three of six vote getters on Wednesday were Mark Bookwalter, Jonas Schrodt and

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