December 2010

Time for Warren County to pay for Sinclair

While Montgomery County is looking at budget cuts, Warren County is siting on extra cash like a fat cat. Some of this can probably be attributed to the brilliant work done by their former State Rep Tom Raga in convincing Sinclair President Steve Johnson to expand into Warren County without a tax to pay for Read More

Transparency of government, and why we can’t depend on the Dayton Daily News

Almost universally, the Dayton Daily News is hated by our elected leaders. You hear things like “they can’t get it right” or “the paper is biased” or “they misquoted me.” The paper is also incredibly apt at being negative, name calling and of writing for the lowest common denominator. Maybe that’s why they advertise the Read More

“Life Happens Here” vs. “Get Midwest”

We spent $900K with the Congressman’s wife and got “Get Midwest”- the Dayton Chapter of the American Marketing Association is hosting the repositioning campaign for Cincinnati. I’ll be there- will you? Life Happens Here: A Marketing Plan for Downtown Cincinnati Summary We’ve all read case studies of company turnarounds, but what about a “downtown turnaround?” Read More

When you discuss things in public- good ideas come forward

The reason I hate the City Commission holding illegal work sessions (the Charter doesn’t provide for them, they aren’t recorded properly, and city business is discussed outside the official one-meeting-a-week specified by charter) is that good input might be closed out. Discussing things online- in an open forum like this- allows for all to read Read More

When the Dayton Daily News gets it wrong: Dayton Development Coalition salaries

A letter went out today to the stakeholders of the Dayton Development Coalition- to correct an article by Lucas Sullivan at the Dayton Daily, which I wrote a post about: Dayton Development Coalition is out of touch Turns out, what was printed as the “Base pay” for the CEO was the “Total Pay”- big difference, Read More

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