June 2007

OMG! 3 hurt by lightning at Troy Strawberry Fest-

This was the top headline in today’s Dayton Daily News. This isn’t news, this isn’t reporting, this isn’t important, this isn’t going to sell papers- this is little more than over the fence gossip. The Dayton Daily News thinks its customers are morons- and that, according to the late, great, ad-genius, David Ogilvy- is a Read More

Need Broadband- but no phone, no cable? New option in Dayton.

I’m not vouching for them. This isn’t an ad. But, I saw this booth at the 2nd Street Public Market today- and thought a few of you might be interested. www.clearwire.com is selling high-speed wireless using radio. It’s 1.6mb down and 256kb up. Around $39 a month- or $49 with a fixed IP. It’s not Read More

Who to blame for school levy failures?

From a piece of chain e-mail: Most of you are familiar with the failure of Dayton and other area school levies. Many, if not all, of you probably also realize that the levy failure is part of a much bigger issue: state funding for schools. The ohio supreme court has ruled the state funding system Read More

Infighting hurts us all- Teradata’s decision based on income tax?

Decisions on where to locate shouldn’t be based on who has the lowest income tax rate or the best incentive package- yet, that seems to be what drove Teradata’s decision- if you read the Dayton Business Journal: Officials: Teradata bound for Miami Twp. – Dayton Business Journal: In what is a major economic development win Read More

Art, strawberries and Roller Girls

Much as I think the Nutter Center made a huge mistake bumping their premier tenant, the Bombers, off tonight’s date for the Gem City Roller Girls– you can catch the roller derby action tonight. It’s fun and funky- not anywhere near as good as hockey- but, it’s something to do in Dayton. For those of Read More

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