Residency rule

City Commission wants to raise your taxes as an Emergency!

It’s nice when the Mayor sends you a note to tell you that the Commission Clerk is now doing their job- by posting a 161 page PDF to support the commission meeting this week. You can look for the minutes for Feb 17th- at this link: Meeting Agendas & Minutes via Meeting Agendas & Minutes. Read More

Ohio Supreme Court kills residency requirements

Although we’re sure to see an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court within days, the Ohio Supreme Court just dealt another blow to Dayton finances: The Ohio Supreme Court this morning upheld a 2006 state law that bars cities from enforcing residency rules. Writing for the 5-2 majority, Justice Paul Pfeifer dismissed arguments from Akron Read More

Residency rules and the courts- bad news for Victor Pate

I haven’t forgotten my obligation to my Dayton readers about giving them the up-to-date skinny on what’s happening. It’ll be the same once I’m elected to Congress. Keeping the people informed is what I hope to be best known for (it was the point of the ninja mask after all). Victor Pate was the city Read More