I guess Mike Ervin hasn’t quite mastered the art of the back room deals that are done in Dayton- tonight on Dayton MostMetro, he shared the plans that Dayton Bombers CEO Costa Papista has been quietly circulating to build consensus before going public with his…
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Who do you want to run Dayton?
Sounds like a pretty simple question, “who do you want to run Dayton?” And most of you think this is a question of who you’ll vote for (or for those of you in the ‘burbs but own property or work in Dayton- who will the residents choose). But,…
Cutting costs doesn’t bring in new revenue. Dayton’s dilemma
Income tax revenues are down. Population is dwindling. Services are being cut. Size remains the same. Convert the above to a business: sales down, customer base shrinking, support staff is cut and we haven’t reduced our expectations for sales. Not exactly a…
United Way the Dayton Way
The last thing you do when you want to build trust is start meeting behind closed doors. At least that’s the way true leadership works in this information-driven economy. The Dayton United Way got in trouble by letting an incompetent executive pay himself way…
Public officials, Private meeting. Our Dayton – discussed behind closed doors
I’m wondering why private meetings are so important to people who think they are in charge of Dayton? It’s our city- and I thought we were supposed to vote for the people who would lead us. If we voted for you- and you are meeting in private with the…
DPS bus buy should get someone busted
You read about the U-turn the School Board seemed to pull last Thursday at their “review session” last week on Esrati.com Dayton Public Schools. Unsafe leadership, unsafe buses Today, we bring you the emergency meeting of the finance committee, the meeting…
What happened to real leadership?
Real leaders lead from the front. Jackasses, work from the rear. At least that’s what I learned in the Army. When I ran for office the first time, a major theme was to get rid of the “Billionaire Boys Club” who liked to run our city from behind…
Why is Tim Kambitsch above the law?
You didn’t elect Tim Kambitsch, but you did give him close to $200M of your hard-earned tax dollars to build new libraries. He has a kangaroo court of a board overseeing him, that thinks he does no wrong. Members include the wife of the head of the “Dayton…
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Shameless self-promotion here. Since 2005, I’ve been supplying Dayton with the best forum on issues, insiders, politics and news on esrati.com. This site is read by the people who want to know what the Dayton Daily News is either too understaffed to cover,…
DPS don’t need no stinkin task force
The new school board hasn’t even been seated, and Mayor Nan Whaley has a new task force on “rightsizing” the schools. And of course, we name 16 people to this that are part of the status-quo, starting with Commissioner Jeff Mims who quit the DPS…
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