January 2010

My Dad on Dayton

Sometimes we take things for granted- you know the saying you never miss it till it’s gone. My father has lived a lot of different places growing up- but Cleveland ended up being where he spent more than half his life. Making the move to Dayton was a tough decision, but now that he and Read More

Reality Check for the Dayton Development Coalition

The top paid administrator in Montgomery County is Deborah Feldman- her pay is around $180K That pales in comparison to what the Dayton Development Coalition pays its top honcho, who has been paid in the $300K range (numbers are hard to nail down because the DDC is always late in filing its financials). While all Read More

Supreme Stupidity: Best politicians money can buy

Today our country was officially sold out. In a 5-4 split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court gave corporations carte blanche to buy their politicians. Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in Read More

Prophets?

The “told you so” edition of the Dayton Grassroots Daily Show. It’s easy to listen to the company line, until the company decides to pull up stakes and head out of town. We’ve been hit like a punching bag for the last ten years, and if you only look at Dayton proper, since busing was Read More

Ohio’s 2010 election. Governors and casinos

Ted Strickland made his choice for his Lieutenant Governor today, and Republican Chairbaby Kevin DeWine made his lack of class self-evident with his dismissal: McGee Brown gives the Democratic ticket the same gender balance as the GOP ticket which has Auditor Mary Taylor as Kasich’s running mate. The choice didn’t impress state Republican Chairman Kevin Read More

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