In an early morning announcement, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley unveils her plan to revitalize West Dayton, promising to…
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5 of 6 structures in Dayton are occupied
The Dayton Daily news headline is “1 in 6 structures in Dayton are vacant” and it sounds horrible. Of…
The cheap bastards in Dayton City Hall
When I first got involved in my second career as an unpaid citizen of Dayton, I found our city to be overly…
It’s not an enforceable law until someone gets shot
The Hookah Star Smoke Shop and Natural Juice Bar wasn’t a normal retail establishment. It wasn’t a bar…
Slush fund, Architect and Developer: the three ring circus of public/private partnerships
The very first slide started with an oops, another oops, and another oops. Up steps Steve Budd of CityWide Development…
A new tool for successful “Community Based Policing”
South Park has been lucky. For at least the last 20 years, we’ve had a “Community Based Police…
Candidates nights: the inside scoop before the last 3 events
I try to keep all the events posted for people at www.electesrati.com/events, as far as I know, I’m the only one…
Neighborhood plans from lifetime politicians don’t amount to much
One of my cottages needs painting. The city has written me up. It’s scraped to the bare wood- and needs a final…
Dayton loses talent: the Buckmans have left the building
It was probably around 1995 or so. Bill Rain and David Williams had just finished the Lofts of St. Clair, a conversion…
Woodland Cemetery Wayne Avenue entrance gate
I’ve been the keeper of the keys to the gates to Woodland Cemetery Wyoming Street for about a year. Now, I have…
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