Friends and family plan

The endorsement process of the Montgomery County Democratic Party

What does “endorsed democrat” mean? And why you should ignore it.

Apologies for not posting about this shitshow of a Dem Party meeting earlier. Reliving this via editing the video made me ill enough. The meeting was Thursday, 28 Sept 2023- and the discussion was focused on who the party should endorse in the Trotwood election. If you live in Trotwood, you should be really ticked Read More

The Friends and Family Shuffle

Unconfirmed, but 99.9% certainty. Montgomery County Recorder Brandon McClain is going to become a magistrate in Dayton Municipal court, and leave office early, probably May. The heir apparent (lady in waiting) is to be his deputy, Stacy Benson Taylor who left her solid union job for her unsuccessful run for Dayton City Commission last time Read More

A local insurrection? Montgomery County Democratic Party re-org

The Jan 6, 2021 storming of the capital by fascists following Donald Trump’s lead was a defining moment in American history. A mob, incited by a sitting president, went to the Capitol, erected a gallows to hang the Vice President, and attacked the building- searching for members of congress to assault. Their claim was that Read More

There’s more sunshine in the county than in the city

Last week I made an identical request for public records from the county and the city. In Montgomery County you send your request to the Auditor’s office, run by Karl Keith, the elected Democrat who is also Vice-Chair of the Montgomery County Democratic Party. They have a very informative page with all the info you Read More