4 results for "Steve Avakian"

Now political consultants are on the taxpayers’ payroll?

It’s one thing for a political campaign to hire a campaign consultant, but it’s another for taxpayer money to be used to pass a tax increase. Think about it- would you pay someone your own money, to make you pay more for something? If the politicians can’t get a tax increase passed without being able Read More

Dayton Public Schools to hire Cleveland firm on a no-bid for PR

Sources have provided me with a copy of the agreement between Burges & Burges, a PR firm in Cleveland, and the Dayton Public Schools for a no-bid contract for $6,000 a month for 18 months. I’ve attached the agreement for all to read.burges-contract Being in the PR and advertising business- I must disclose, I’d love Read More

From a consultant: DPS doesn’t need no stinkin outside consultant

Today, the Dayton Daily put their stamp of approval on the Dayton Public Schools’ funeral. We must not dare risk the precious human services levy for the whole county over the bastard children of the Dayton Public Schools. No, we must put those kids on the back burner, while some lame consultant does a “performance Read More

Three reasons the Dayton school levy failed-

1) It was a lot of money- and with gas at $3+ a gallon, many Daytonians are scraping now to make ends meet. 2) While the charter schools may not provide as good an education- they do one thing a lot better than the Dayton Public Schools- it’s called Customer Service. 3) In a competitive Read More