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The difficulty of talking law in plain English to Judges
In Montgomery County, Ohio, Clerk of Courts Mike Foley pled no contest to a felony, was sentenced, and still kept his pu…
The Ultimate Insult to Ohio Voters: The Boards of (S)elections
Ohio’s Boards of Elections are supposed to protect democracy, but in practice they act more like “Boards of (S)elect…
No Way to School: The DPS Bus Fiasco and How to Fix It
Dayton Public Schools is weeks away from the first bell, and high school students still don’t know how they’re getti…
The Case Against Foley: Why I Filed, What’s Broken, and Who Should Be Held Accountable
David Esrati files a 30-page brief in State ex rel. Esrati v. Foley, exposing how Montgomery County’s Clerk of Courts …
And the next Ohio Democratic Party chair will be…
Who will lead Ohio’s Democratic Party—and will it finally matter?
From insider politics and shady endorsements to tw…
We Don’t Hate Government. We Hate Waste.
Ohio is drowning in outdated bureaucracy, duplicate jurisdictions, and unaccountable shadow agencies. It’s time to con…
Ohio Democratic Party to reorganize
For Immediate Release: 1 April 2025 Columbus. Ohio Democratic Party Chair Liz Walters called an emergency plenary…
Did Debbie Lieberman commit a crime?
Outgoing Montgomery County Commissioner Debbie Lieberman cast her final vote to allocate funds benefiting the Clerk of C…
The YWCA needs to tell us Y
(editors note, this story is evolving as people send me tips and details, if you read it when it first came out-…
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