May 2009

Incentives equal corporate welfare, nothing else

In today’s Dayton Daily News, Business Editor Arundi Venkayya Cox has an opinion piece on the front page of the business section “Incentives help lure business to Ohio.” It’s not available on the site, nor does a search of her name return a single result. Needless to say, that may be the paper’s way of Read More

The power of political posturing?

I’m having second thoughts about posturing legislation. Tony Capizzi did it when he proposed gun control legislation. Dean Lovelace did it when he pushed for anti-predatory lending laws. Mary Wiseman did it when she asked for equal opportunity protection for gays. All of these were pissing in the wind, since none were enforceable, or true Read More

What can we do to make Dayton government more “citizen friendly?”

I might never have stepped foot inside City Hall if the city had done a better job of establishing a relationship with me, Joe Citizen. Instead, we started off on the wrong foot when a housing inspector told me I was screwing up by putting new garage doors on my $14,500 dump (it seems I Read More

“The Dream” Sportsplex going to Clinton County

It’s unfortunate, but the powers that be in almost every single Montgomery County community couldn’t see past the gruff x-cop with the lack of polish. J.R. Erwin is taking his “Dream” sportsplex, with all of its great public benefits to Clinton County according to County Administrator and Economic Development Director Dr. Mark Brooker. The $100+ Read More

Call it the Montgomery/Warren County News from now on

First time I saw it, I thought it was odd. Now, I’m just laughing as the Dayton Daily News continues to show how out of touch it is. We no longer have suburbs of Dayton- they are now Montgomery County cities: WEST CARROLLTON — A vapor leak is getting the early blame for an explosion Read More

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