March 2009

Are the empty homes the real problem?

A big benefit to not being part of a political machine with a staff doing it for you is walking door-to-door to collect signatures.  While doing so recently, it became quickly and painfully obvious how many homes in Dayton are now missing taxpayers. Neighborhoods that were once “solid” now are starting to erode, with empty Read More

Local talent need not apply. Process improvement starts at home.

There are six-sigma consultants in Dayton. There are customer service trainers in Dayton, we have a city full of very capable business people. Clay Matile runs a center, Aileron, that trains organizations to be competitive right here in Dayton. So why does the City Commission hire people from California to “review” the process- instead of Read More

Unions in politics: quid pro quo?

Unions and politicians are usually tied closely together come election time. The Democrats have the labor unions and the Republicans have the public safety unions- at least in Dayton. Weigh this out- the Dems get a lot more union “juice” because  AFSCME covers a lot more workers than either the IAFF (firefighters) or the FOP Read More

Board of election reports: 2009 Dayton General Election

As a public service I’m uploading PDFs of the board reports. The first is the invalid signatures report. 09-appears-invalid-3_10_2009 For Mayor, Larry E. Ealy, James R. Green III and Tojuan W Minus all had insufficient signatures (despite Mr. Ealy turning in the maximum 1500 signatures- apparently, his nominating committee contained people who didn’t live in Read More

No primary: time to revamp the charter

As this is published, the Montgomery County Board of Elections is meeting to review the results of the petition process. Sources have told me that only Gary Leitzell will be allowed on the ballot to challenge incumbent Mayor Rhine McLin. In the Commission race, Nan Whaley and Joey Williams will only face one challenger, me, Read More

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