September 2007

Sinclair enrollment down? Rocket scientists can’t figure it out.

Two things that the jedi masters at Sinclair and in the County Administration Building haven’t figured out: Sprawl makes it harder to bring people togther. Deregulation gives people more choices- at first. So, because we’ve let sprawl run amok, the effective costs of going to Sinclair rise with higher gas prices. And, when you let Read More

City-run day care as an economic development essential?

Twice in the last few days- my idea from 1993 for City-run day care as an economic development tool have popped up- once when Christopher Gardner said that the cost of child care was the biggest issue in breaking out of homelessness- and then when I see Dr. Percy Mack, Superintendent of the Dayton Public Read More

And the “Department of Homeland Security”….

It makes me wonder how well we are fighting the “war on terror” when we can’t even track who should, and who shouldn’t have a driver’s license across State lines. Dexter S. Moore isn’t exactly a common name, in Google it turns up 22 hits- mostly for his Dad, Dr. Dexter S. Moore- yet, this Read More

South Park Rising: Cliburn to finally be demolished.

Good news today from the DBJ: Dayton apartment complex to be demolished – Dayton Business Journal: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Special Application Center has approved the demolition of the Cliburn Manor, an apartment complex in Dayton. Greg Johnson, executive director of the Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority, said demolition on the complex Read More

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