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Montgomery County Commissioners on OH-3: sanity check
When the 3rd Congressional district was last gerrymandered as it was passed from Tony Hall to Mike Turner by the...
Taxation without representation: Township should be folded
Apparently, you can have it both ways in Ohio. Selective income taxes are apparently OK if your township can’t...
Government is meaningless, except as a sucker in my Ponzi scheme…
If you or I wanted to build a house, out in the middle of nowhere, and asked the local government to build us a road,...
Quality of life is economic development. Let’s organize it better.
The Dayton Daily News has turned over a new leaf- and has gone on a waste-busting spree. First up wasn’t the...
Why Dayton needs to stop acting like a city in decline
Last night, I had the honor of attending the Dayton Public Schools Superintendent’s Scholars ceremony for kids...
Dayton should study reform Miami style
For those thinking a “strong mayor” form of government is the answer- they should go down to Miami which...
SB5 won’t save you- revisit the Northwest Ordinance first
In their infinite wisdom and pursuit of non-problems, the Ohio House and Senate have now used draconian measures, SB5,...
What happens when the people leave Dayton?
Dayton made another list- number 5 at losing population. It’s another one of those stupid...
All signs point to regional cooperation?
I almost have to laugh- reading that Butler Township is buying a machine for $25K to make signs- when a county sign...

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