Mayor Leitzell

State of the City of Dayton

Mayor Leitzell made his state of the city address yesterday- and wisely posted it on his blog so that he didn’t have to count on the media to get it right. Using the web to skirt the media is a step forward. However- speaking in platitudes isn’t an answer, a plan or even remotely what Read More

Atlanta has leadership- we have Leitzell.

In Dayton, our solution to the big hole in our population is to decrease the number of homes. It’s a rear guard, defensive effort that puts money into the hands of the demolition contractors (who are big campaign donors) and the landfill operators. And although the analogy that starts this excerpt from Thomas Friedman is Read More

How a connected neighborhood works

One of the reasons South Park works as a neighborhood is that we know and trust our neighbors. When my mother wanted recommendations for a tree service to cut down the almost dead tree behind their house we asked our neighborhood webmaster, Robert, to send a request for referrals to our neighborhood mail list. We Read More

Comments on non-moderation of Dayton Daily News Forums

Free speech is a wonderful thing- when you sign your name. When you don’t- and can hide behind a nom de plume and spew garbage it’s not free speech- it’s hate speech, and the Dayton Daily News is helping propagate it daily. So- let’s explain it: Ellen Belcher is an inexpensive courtesan, and a bad Read More

When Dayton stops being a reverse Robin Hood- then we can talk about tax increases

Yesterday, the question of corporate welfare was the subject of the Dayton Daily News- with Mayor Gary Leitzel seemingly being the only one to realize that the handouts are nothing more than handouts. Since 2008, the city has given $400,000 in public funds to help law firms and nonprofits already downtown relocate — sometimes across Read More

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