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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.

Editor's Notebook: Building a nest for a B Square relaunch

Editor's Notebook: Building a nest for a B Square relaunch

Yesterday (Feb. 25) marked an important milestone for an eventual relaunch of The B Square Bulletin. The old articles, published in the five and a half years before the shutdown late last year, were transferred to this new publishing platform. The new platform (Ghost) will help The B Square to

UNIT CTL UT Working Max $31,269,905 Under Max by $3,808,497. The figure $3,808,497 is circled in red.

$3.8M less for Monroe County govt in 2025 due to its own mistake, unintentional tax break for property owners

Monroe County government will collect about $3.8 million less in property taxes in 2025 than would have been allowed under state law. That’s due to what has been described to The B Square as a data entry error for the budget numbers that were approved by the seven-member

Jail construction timeline presented to Monroe County councilors

Jail construction timeline presented to Monroe County councilors

A preliminary schedule for the construction of the new Monroe County jail, at the North Park location, was presented on Tuesday (Feb. 25) at the Monroe County council’s regular meeting. Giving the presentation was DLZ Corporation’s Scott Carnegie. DLZ is the design/build consultant for the project. WGS

Five years, one final B Square Bulletin: Thank you!

Five years, one final B Square Bulletin: Thank you!

The final news report by The B Square Bulletin has now been published. Regular coverage by the B Square started in July 2019, which makes for a run of about five and a half years. The choice of now as the ending time has no particular symbolic value. I’m

Commissioners OK Monroe County zoning overhaul, 13 possible remaining topics to be tackled in 2025

Commissioners OK Monroe County zoning overhaul, 13 possible remaining topics to be tackled in 2025

On Wednesday night, Monroe County commissioners voted 3–0 to adopt the county development ordinance (CDO). The CDO includes all the zoning regulations for the unincorporated part of the county. Two days earlier, on Monday night, the county plan commission had voted 6–1 to forward the most recent draft

Repair not demolish: Bloomington looks to add 1 to affordable housing inventory

Repair not demolish: Bloomington looks to add 1 to affordable housing inventory

The city of Bloomington is now looking to give a house it owns on West 3rd Street a continued life as a house, instead of demolishing it as planned. On Tuesday, the city’s board of public works awarded a $61,561 contract with Rogers Remodeling to do repairs on

3-judge panel hears arguments in Bloomington annexation appeal, ruling expected in a few months

3-judge panel hears arguments in Bloomington annexation appeal, ruling expected in a few months

On Tuesday afternoon a three-judge panel from Indiana’s court of appeals heard oral arguments in a case involving the city of Bloomington’s constitutional challenge to a 2019 state law, which causes annexation waivers to expire after 15 years. [Link to video of Dec. 17, 2024 Court of Appeals