I was in New Orleans on Halloween for a big conference. I rode public transit almost exclusively. The streetcar, the…
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Esrati report, episode 7 How many public meetings do you need?
Welcome to the Esrati Report- this is the first post with the new blog theme. Would love to hear what you think in…
Changes coming to Esrati.com
A live local news show that’s interactive? We’re testing it out with the Esrati Report on YouTube. If we…
What Adil Baguirov doesn’t want you to see
It wasn’t enough to force him to resign from the Dayton Public School board by threatening a lawsuit to have him…
Petitions, Initiatives, Recalls and total disregard for voters
Curve ball out of Dayton City Hall last week when Mayor Whaley and her crew decided to toss a bone on the ballot to…
9 years of an unsolved murder
The original link to the Dayton Daily News story is a 404 error now. It happened in 2009. Here we are in 2018, and no…
Court clerks are jerks in Montgomery County
We have too many clerk of courts in Montgomery County. We have too many courts too. In the entire state of Wisconsin…
Only the little people get burned in Dayton Ohio
I’ve often said the worst thing that can happen to a property owner in Dayton is when your next door neighbors…
Get tax credits, building burns weeks later
update 2 July 2:30 pm – edits in italics and strikethroughs. The headline is wrong. Mea culpa- The building that…
DPS board stuffing money in their pockets
On May 22nd, I offered to settle the lawsuit over the Sunshine Law violations of the public body, “school…

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