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Sources have informed esrati.com that Director Betty Smith (R) will be stepping down at the Montgomery County Board of Elections for health reasons. Smith just recently switched positions with Steve Harsman (D) for the director. Both are paid the same and the seat rotates from D to R on a regular schedule. It will be [...]
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. [...]
Full Disclosure: my business, The Next Wave, does limited amounts of graphic design work and printing for the Sidebar and Brian Higgins. His websites for both the Columbus and Dayton restaurants are on our server. Front page, center, top of fold. Multiple photos. Even when Mayor Clay Dixon took me outside to be his punching [...]
Photo Credit: JD Hancock via CompfightThe reason Mitt Romney pays so little income tax is that he makes most of his money from investments. This is supposed to be a way to “incentivize” investment. So he invests in companies that supposedly create jobs and spread the wealth around. Mitt is most definitely part of the [...]
The argument Brookville is using to justify splitting from the Regional Dispatch Center and buying dispatch services from Englewood is saving money. Early termination fees will cancel the savings making this “cost saving move” a non-starter according to the Dayton Daily News today: Brookville is considering breaking from the RDC to join Englewood’s dispatch center [...]
Regular readers of Esrati.com know that I’ve long talked about what I call “the Monarchy of Montgomery County”- the cabal of politically connected hacks who practice nepotism, favoritism, elitism and above all corruption on a daily basis. Actually, they don’t practice corruption- that one they have down to a science. Please note, this isn’t an [...]
Too many sources have been whispering in my ear to let this one go by without mention: The days of Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman Greg Gantt are coming to an end with a coming takeover by the Tea Party – led by Rob Scott. The party offices are to be no more- at least [...]
NOTE: Until the Board of Elections approves petitions next Tuesday at 11am, none of these people are guaranteed on the ballot (however incumbents from major parties almost never get disqualified). The County Commission is an odd race, where you run for an actual seat at large- not just the top two vote getters- head-to-head combat. [...]
Montgomery County Board of Elections temporary part-time worker Robin Dodge (R) was fired yesterday for marking on an absentee ballot application that was being processed. She had worked as a poll worker previously and was hired by Deputy Director Betty Smith. As is policy at the Montgomery County Board of Elections, a Democrat was present [...]
