July 2007

And what does the City Manager manage?

Maybe they don’t teach basic accounting in City Manager school? Please note, this isn’t about our current City Manager, but our last one- Jim Dineen. The one we let double-dip because he was “so good”- except the only money he was keeping track of was his own. This is inexcusable- State audit finds Dayton didn’t Read More

Olympic Gold and the Dayton Sportsplex

July 20, 2007- roll the highlight reel. I spent the day with Nancy Hogshead-Makar- for me, it was like winning the lottery on life. And, I’m going to share my bounty. (I’ll post a pic when I get a chance to) For those of you who may not know the name, this is from her Read More

How to save a quick 1.2 billion dollars?

Homes are being foreclosed on, people are going broke paying for medical care even with insurance, and soldiers are dying in Iraq- so, instead of taking care of all of us, the government is spending 1.2 billion dollars on new armored vehicles to protect our troops from IED’s. Bad news. It won’t work. There is Read More

Calling all Dayton Locavores: John Henry’s soft opening

Was walking down to Dolcessa for some evening gelato last night when I saw that John Henry’s had its doors open for bar business. I’m still missing the Blue Moon, but, it will be good to have another option open in the Historic Oregon District for dining. From what I understand it will be a Read More

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