April 2009

Warehouse Theater in Downtown Dayton

Dayton has a great theater community. Maybe it’s left over from the Kenley Players days, or is a direct result of it. The Human Race does a wonderful job, as does the Dayton Playhouse. Add the Warehouse Theatre (note stupid British spelling) in Downtown Dayton. From their website: Vicki Brown, Sharon Lane, and Phyllis Turner, Read More

Civil service testing reviewed by Supreme Court

Listening to “Morning Edition”  on NPR the other day, I heard about problems New Haven, Connecticut, was having with their fire department’s  civil service testing process. Sounded just like Dayton. I highly recommend clicking over and reading the whole story- but here is the part that was interesting to me: The brief also argues that Read More

Destination Dayton!

If you’ve not met Teri Lussier or read her blog “The Brick Ranch”- it’s time to run over and read this post: I had an interesting conversation the other day. A potential buyer is looking online and finds me and gives me a call. He’s a Californian. He’s a family man. He’s a hard-working construction Read More

Grandstanding vs. Action: the stimulus

Until the bad economy hits you, it’s easy to point fingers and say things like “they bought a house they couldn’t afford” or “the union contracts were too rich” or some other lame excuse. Reality is, the whole financial system is being held together with chewing gum and duct tape. It’s fragile, it’s smoke and Read More

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