November 2009

Let’s send the Dayton sound global: marketing we can afford.

The Dayton Daily News finally called the Dayton Development Coalition marketing inept after their two high profile failures: The $900k “Get Midwest” campaign that made a lot of money for Congressman Turner and his wife- and this week’s “Dayton Region Rally” which was more like a college lecture. What we need to do is put Read More

Dayton Development Coalition preaches to the choir: Dayton Region Rally

The Dayton Development Coalition held a “Dayton Region Rally” today- and everybody who is somebody and still wears a suit to a job paying six figures or more was there. Not exactly the people who make up the “Dayton Region” where unemployment is still around 12% (unless you are a minority where it’s way higher). Read More

It’s time to fire Inspector Gotcha

I’m going to leave out names, because they really don’t matter. This is an issue of culture in City Hall, and it’s one that needed to be shown the door long ago. Talking to another local small businessman, I heard yet another story of a small business opening being delayed by Inspector Gotcha. After turning Read More

The Dayton Process- is anyone else doing this?

A local power broker called me the other day to tell me he liked my “Dayton Process” idea a lot. Then he asked “is anyone else doing this?” Hmmmm. Do I go to the patent office to check? Or Google? What do I search for? I wouldn’t even know where to begin? Such is the Read More

Redrawing the local lines, new precincts and voting locations for Montgomery County

Because our Board of Elections is controlled by the local political parties (the two that the State of Ohio recognizes)- we see all kinds of shenanigans – like the 2-2 ties on party lines every time there is a question of one of their approved candidates- but a 4-0 decision on anyone else (when the Read More

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