This post is a bit different- the first of the Tattler edition looks at a pattern of power behaving badly. From Clerk of…
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The fourth estate is shrinking again. The Dayton “Daily” news just cut the job that connected it to the community
The Dayton Daily News just eliminated its Community Impact Editor, the last link between the paper and the community it …
Karen Wick Left Dayton a Better Place
Karen Wick, beloved Dayton community leader, restaurateur at Coco’s Bistro, and Dayton School Board member, passed une…
Why you shouldn’t vote until election day in Dayton
Early voting starts Tuesday, Oct. 7, but in Dayton that also means the dirty tricks season begins. From attack mailers t…
The Dayton Education Association is letting the dog eat their homework
The Dayton Education Association (DEA) recently endorsed candidates for the Dayton Public Schools Board and took the rar…
When politicians cost you money
Dayton Public Schools just beat back a state law cooked up by Phil Plummer and Tom Young that would have punished only M…
If there is no news in it, is it still a “newspaper”
The Dayton Daily News has become a shadow of a real newspaper—short on resources, institutional knowledge, and timely …
All the news you don’t get anywhere else- briefly
Esrati.com once again scooped Dayton’s local media, exposing who will take the fall for Montgomery County Jail’s fai…
The new hospital Dayton needs, may not be the one the Clergy Coalition is trying to build
After the destruction of Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton faces a crisis not just of care, but of control. Rather than fu…
Mike Foley is why American’s no longer trust the government
Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley pleaded no contest to two criminal charges—then tried to walk it back. De…

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