Veterans issues in Dayton Ohio

Death of a friendship- we will miss you meathead

When probate court and an incompetent psychiatrist kills a friendship

Last year, on this day, we were walking into Demika’s Italian Restaurant for dinner together. What he didn’t know was that about 50 of his friends were gathered for a surprise birthday party. He was moved to tears. Since February of 2016, I’d been his Power of Attorney, both legal (durable) and medical. That came Read More

Wright State to start Veterans Academy… oh, wait, wasn’t that Esrati’s idea?

Yesterday Wright State announced they got a huge donation from Reynolds and Reynolds to launch a “Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) program.” If you’ve been reading this site for a long time, this may sound familiar. The Veteran’s Business Group I was a co-founder of back in 2005, VOB 108 (later VOB Ohio) did the Read More

Seal Team TV Show ambushes the VA

Let’s start out with two theorems: Health care in the US is mediocre at best. Expensive, reactive, with crappy outcomes. Unlike restaurant reviews, you can’t compare how well they took your appendix out. It’s a one shot deal, so your experience vs someone else’s isn’t a relevant measurement. A country where getting cancer also means Read More

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 one has been brought to justice in Dayton Ohio for this unspeakable crime. U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) North E. Woodall was found bloodied and unconscious by a neighbor about Read More

County Veterans Service Commission Exec Director retires, job open

Herb Davis, retired from the Montgomery County Veterans Service Commission last week and his position is posted. The salary range is wide, and the potential contract long. You must be a veteran, able to deal well with bureaucracy- and work under a board that doesn’t play well with others. For those of you who don’t Read More

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