Early voting starts Tuesday, Oct. 7, but in Dayton that also means the dirty tricks season begins. From attack mailers to hot-mic moments, there’s still plenty to learn before casting a ballot. I’ve seen too many voters regret voting early after new revelations surf…
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The high cost of keeping Dayton’s Culture of Corruption in power
Dayton’s political machine keeps humming—propped up by no-bid contracts, incestuous hires, secretive elections, and campaign war chests filled by the elite. From Mike Foley’s legal dodge, to BOE corruption, to a $73K primary campaign to beat a long-shot candidate,…
The Feds coverup in the botched “Culture of Corruption” investigation continues
In a decision "not recommended for publication" three Republican appointed Judges, on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals left their work to a law clerk. Senior Judge Eugene Siler Jr, clocking in at 87 years old, and appointed by George H.W. Bush, along with Judge Chad...
The Feds got coal for Christmas this year
Esrati details the saga of corruption behind the “culture of corruption” case in Dayton that only targeted black men despite clear evidence that the worst perpetrators got away scot-free.
The big roundup? Corruption in every corner?
Same disclosure as before: Full disclosure: Joey Williams and I first met on the campaign trail when I was running for Mayor to unseat Richard Clay Dixon and he was running for school board. I consider Joey a friend. I’ve watched him get married, his kids grow up, and...
FBI and DOJ fail us again: “Operation Demolished Integrity” indictments
Today, in what will probably be his last press conference as the US District Attorney, Ben Glassman laid an egg. Six months after telling the people of Dayton that we had a “Culture of Corruption” he once again failed to name any major players or fully...
The Wire: Dayton Edition
It’s been ten years since I binge watched “The Wire” television series. And like most things in Dayton, we’re about ten years behind the rest of the world as we get our own real world version unfolding in front of us. What made “The...
The death of a good idea
Full disclosure: my firm, The Next Wave, has worked with James Kent over the last 10 years, both with Kent Development and then with the Architectural Reuse Company. They are a South Park neighborhood-based business. The idea was noble. The company was green,...
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...
Burnt: how we trashed what made sense
I should have Greg writing this post, but, I’ll spare you the three-week wait for the stilted writing :-) Montgomery County used to burn our trash at two incinerators. Faced with option of investing more in scrubbers and clean-burn technology, we snuffed out the...
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