March 2008

EPA toughens smog requirements; E-check to return?

When the e-check station across the street closed, Undercar Specialty Warehouse on Springfield Street saw a huge drop in sales of catalytic converters overnight. Owner Mike Weprin wasn’t surprised, he saw the meteoric rise in sales when E-check first started. He admits e-check was good for business, but as many, he felt the process was Read More

Do less, get paid more. Why America is headed for the dumper.

You work hard, you play by the rules, you do OK and make $100,000 a year. You could be President of the United States of America, responsible for the well being of the free world- and make $400,000 a year. Or, you could be Bill Nuti and sell off the cream of NCR, the one Read More

Dayton Development Coalition grants another no-bid to Real Art

The Dayton Development Coalition is about to launch a new website. That’s good, because the old one was but ugly and absolutely useless without search capabilities. Apparently, the contractor is Real Art, owned in part by Bev Shillito, one of the trustees. And once again, no-bid, although I’m pretty sure the DDC can’t say that Read More

E-book textbooks are being tried in the wrong places

While it’s admirable that Congress just woke up to the spiraling costs of college text books, the first place to make the switch isn’t at the college level, it’s at the elementary level. The second part of the equation is that if Ohio wants to be a leader in forward thinking education- it’s not by Read More

Dems 2010 first meeting: Thursday, Mar 13, 7pm South Park Tavern

We’re going to get this train back on the tracks- organizational meeting to start working on making sure voters have choices on the ballot, with proper information to decide on candidates. We’ll also start investigating progressive concepts like vote by mail, internet strategies, fund raising, debate schedules and independent party empowerment. If you want change Read More

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