Montgomery County Commissioner Debbie Lieberman

FBI fails in public corruption case

I’m sure that the FBI and the Department of Justice think they just proved their case. Guilty as charged (albeit to grossly reduced charges): Companies owned by Steve Rauch and Joyce Sutton Cameron pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to engage in mail fraud. In exchange prosecutors agreed to dismiss all charges filed last year against Read More

Sunlight is the ultimate disinfectant of dirty government

Last Friday turned out to be a pretty OK day for Esrati.com You may remember my last post- questioning why AUSA Brent Tabacchi was handing out letters from 2021. Yesterday, talk began that he should be taken off the Higgins case and replaced by AUSA Rob Painter. Judge Rose wanted to hear about the back Read More

The secret group trying to do regionalism without telling anyone: One Dayton

please note: this is a long post for esrati.com, but it is the unveiling of a secret group that is already spending your tax dollars with favored political consultants to advance a cause that can’t be spoken of in public… yet. I hope you find it useful and informative. A group has been meeting to Read More

The Monarchy of Montgomery County

How many “political families” do we have in Dayton that collect tax-dollar supported paychecks? Civil service standards? Whatever. We’ve got a “famiglia” in town that takes care of its workers, it’s called the Montgomery County Democratic Party and its patronage system is what keeps the good “earners” in line. I can’t do all of this, Read More

Will Gary Leitzell become Mayor by default?

The dangers of carefully laid plans behind closed doors are about to be out in the open. Instead of screening candidates for Mayor and Commission the Montgomery County Democratic Party endorsed and forwarded only one candidate per seat for this year’s race.  This was the same thing they did with Montgomery County Commissioner Debbie Lieberman. Read More