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Comment on Subscriptions by Paul

Paul — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:15:07 +0000

Okay, did my subscription take? I can’t really tell from this page and got no email confirming. I did get the email with the confirmation link, but nothing after that.
Thanks.

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Comment on SportsPlex in Huber Heights? by Gene

Gene — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:43 +0000

Esrati hates areas like Springboro, but the reality is that is where people with money want to live. Dayton is not the desired location of productive people. Dayton is filled with part timers and drop outs – I live here, I see it every day. Those with money move, plain and simple. The thing about DE crying about the ‘burbs is that he always brings up tax money, state funds, etc… as if Dayton were built 4000 years ago without tax money. I have worked in Springboro for years and the roads are fine, streets are plowed, and the schools are way better than Dayton schools. Sorry Esrati, your liberal talking points just show you are blowing smoke out of your ashcraft. Comparing Springboro or any other ‘burb with Dayton is silly. The rich win. They always do.

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Comment on SportsPlex in Huber Heights? by joe_momma

joe_momma — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:46 +0000

“That’s how the entire community of Springboro got built- and then built some more – and overbuilt- then the tax base couldn’t support the things a community needs- like resurfacing roads, schools, plows etc.” – DE

Wha??? As a resident of Springboro I can honestly say…our roads are good, our schools comparatively ROCK (sure we have some drama) , and I’ve never had my street remain unplowed.

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Comment on SportsPlex in Huber Heights? by David Esrati

David Esrati — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:05:06 +0000

@Brandon- sure there will be roads built. At an additional cost to the taxpayers. That’s how the entire community of Springboro got built- and then built some more – and overbuilt- then the tax base couldn’t support the things a community needs- like resurfacing roads, schools, plows etc.

The reality is- as we keep expanding the region- it costs more to maintain.

VS- a central location- where we already have the infrastructure in place.

Think big picture.

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Comment on SportsPlex in Huber Heights? by Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:04:18 +0000

There aren’t roads in Huber? As a resident of Huber Heights I am shocked to learn this. You may be right that there are not road to the complex yet. Of course there is good reason for that. They is no complex. I’m sure once it is built they will build a road or two. As for being tucked away in Huber. I assure you that being located at the 70-75 interchange is not exactly a secluded location.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:35 +0000

Here are the smoke-and-mirrors used by crappy school systems everywhere: they have given up on addressing the central issue of education, so they concentrate on doing things that look like forward progress to outside, uninformed observers.
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They build new facilities, hire consultants, launch re-branding campaigns ( complete with slogan), find new ways to game the stats, and they dump resources into a single school (at the expense of all the other schools in the system) that they can cite as a success story.
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My favorite: the revolving door superintendent!
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DPS will do whatever it takes to maintain the smoke-and-mirrors.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by David Esrati

David Esrati — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:31:27 +0000

@Mark Manovich- highly unlikely DPS will be tearing down buildings- since they were spec’d at the height of the Charter School experiment, as charters die, DPS has been running out of space.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Dave C.

Dave C. — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:35:34 +0000

Wow! Shades of the “Central Planning Committee” that ran Marxist economies right into the ditch.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Mark Manovich

Mark Manovich — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:00:49 +0000

The Dayton School Board has to tear down any building it no longer has a use for (see for example the old Julienne building) because if they sell them (or donate them to the city or a non profit), a charter school may move in. So, we the taxpayer paid to rehab the building are also forced to pay for them to be demolished. Given Dayton’s continuing decline in population, there is more demo of school buildings in our near future.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Dave C.

Dave C. — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:29:00 +0000

Sartre, or perhaps Camus.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by David Esrati

David Esrati — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:23:41 +0000

So, here is why we paid DPS $166K for an empty lot we already owned.

They paid that much as their share of the demolition costs for the building.

Note- taxpayers paid for that building- and it was a perfectly good reusable building, sitting on City property. But instead of turning it into another part of tech town- or using it for the library, we paid to build it, we paid to tear it down, and then we paid again to “reimburse” the schools for tearing it down. Remember, we started with an empty lot.

Taxpayers paid to build the new school. Taxpayers then paid to tear it down- 2/3 from the State, 2/3 from the Schools (all our money) and then we paid the schools, with our money- to pay them back for paying to tear down what we built.

Yep- government, great stewards of your tax dollars.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Dave C.

Dave C. — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:19:33 +0000

Sometimes, City of Dayton behaves like an old-style socialist nation. Economic decisions are often based on fiat rather than economic demand.
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In a similar vein, the empty office buildings downtown remind me of the empty buildings in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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The needs of the populace are the lowest economic priority.

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Comment on What happened Tuesday, and why the public doesn’t understand, doesn’t care and doesn’t benefit by John Ise

John Ise — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:49:35 +0000

I think you should follow example of Mayoral candidate here in North Miami and say you’ve been endorsed by…wait-for-it…Jesus Christ! See link for laugh.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/13/3395474/north-miami-mayoral-candidate.html

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by David Esrati

David Esrati — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:59 +0000

I’ve been told that the land was supposed to revert to the city- no payment necessary. Unfortunately, that person is afraid to share it. If someone checks the deed- there may be covenants.

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Hall

Hall — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:42:41 +0000

The city isn’t a developer and I think that’s confirmed by any of the buildings or property they’ve bought. Why are they buying it is the main question. Since they do anyway and do nothing to/with them, the only speculation is they’re hoping someone else will come along that wants it and they’ll turn a profit…

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Brian

Brian — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:02:50 +0000

errr… ”though”

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Comment on City buying former Dayton Career Academy site for $166,028, do you feel safer? by Brian

Brian — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:58 +0000

That’s a steal if you have a use for it or have patient money. I’m 0-for-2 on that count, thought.

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Comment on One of Dayton’s “most influential tweeters,” according to Dayton Business Journal by David Esrati

David Esrati — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:42:49 +0000

@Dad- I didn’t write it- the Dayton Business Journal did. And- there are lots of new words slipping into the English language thanks to the Internet- like blog, commentate, trackback, spam (not your favorite lunch meat) google, etc.

And- @Another Public Servant- it may not be insightful or interesting, but, it is an “accomplishment”- that some would use to pad their resume. No different that being “Dayton’s Best _________” which is usually voted on by a flawed internet poll these days that can easily be gamed.

I don’t worry about my Klout score either- I know from my stats when something is being read, by how many people- and if it’s really pissing someone off- since my phone then starts ringing or getting texts…. you’d be amazed at who tells me what, in very long text conversations.

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Comment on One of Dayton’s “most influential tweeters,” according to Dayton Business Journal by Another Public Servant

Another Public Servant — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:16:47 +0000

But, just so you know, I am impressed you made the list. I would subscribe to your Twitter feed, but I am drawing the line at getting involved in Twitter…

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Comment on One of Dayton’s “most influential tweeters,” according to Dayton Business Journal by Another Public Servant

Another Public Servant — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:15:25 +0000

wow… David, you need to come up with something more insightful and interesting to blog about. Apparently when nobody has a strong opinion, we move into discussions of the english language? btw… if you can’t use the word “commentate”, then you can’t use the word “commentator”, as without commentation, there would be no commentatoration… (sorry, kind of a slow day here…)

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