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On April 15th the Dayton Daily news reported that the city of Dayton began a tow on sight program, targeting cars with unpaid parking tickets and camera violations. Immediately after I started hearing from people- “you have to do something”- and “write about this”- which I would have loved to do, but, you have to [...]
Just last week, I wrote about the costs of giving tax breaks to big businesses for promised jobs- while small business start-ups have huge obstacles. I spoke of the costs we all pay when we have to make up for the tax revenues that aren’t coming in. From my post: I’m watching a small start-up [...]
Bruce Langos sells 24,751 shares of TDC on 02/10/2012 at an average price of $62.09 a share. via Feb. 14, 2012 – TERADATA CORP (TDC) COO Bruce Langos sells 24,751 Shares. that’s $1,536,789 in income- or $34,578 in taxes at 2.25% In 2008 (last date I could quickly find for his compensation) he earned: Total [...]
Thank you to the readers who have thanked me for writing the last post, questioning why the newspaper goes hard at minor contract problems, but ignores the widespread graft, nepotism and cronyism by high-level officials in the county. In today’s Dayton Daily news it was reported that Brian Higgins and GSSP resigned the county contract. [...]
Today, many of you who don’t play the lottery, may decide to plunk down a buck or two on the “MegaMillions” for a chance to win $540 million. In their “how to play” section, it doesn’t take that long to tell you what you have to do to win- “MegaMillions tickets cost $1.00 per play. [...]
A short excerpt written by me, September 11, 2011 What does Safety Mean? …To the people of South Park- it means going out on patrol to make sure their homes and garages don’t get busted into. via What does “safety” mean?. I was George Zimmerman. After repeated break-ins, I would don a bright green vest, [...]
Today I saw a police car on U.S. 35 running a speed trap. This is called a “revenue enhancement strategy” by some police officers, bringing dollars into the government’s pockets from fines. The problem is, if you challenge the ticket and go to court, paying the police officer to come in to court, plus the [...]
Most of the taxpayers in Montgomery County couldn’t tell you how many ice rinks there are in the county. But I can. 2 at Harra arena, Winterland and the Arena. Privately owned. 1 at Kettering Recreation Center. Publicly owned. 1 at South Metro. Privately owned. 3/4 of one at Riverscape. Publicly owned 1 in Randy [...]
Dayton, we have a problem. The last sacrificial lamb to the slaughter by Mike Turner has gone missing. Yes, the one endorsed by the Dayton Daily News: Joe Roberts also lists education as his top priority, seeking an “overhaul” of “the system.” He points to U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown as a role model, and expresses [...]
Rich people enjoy watching and playing polo. Don’t ask me why. Other people like golf. Both have rules and are considered a gentleman’s games. You can spend a lot of money on your equipment, but, in the end, it’s still men with sticks hitting a ball. War on the other hand, isn’t a game. People [...]