September 2011

The Bicycle Thief

Esrati is stoned, a VA supporter, a dog saver and stolen bike retrieval officer

Some of you may have noticed that the number of updates to Esrati.com has decreased in the last few weeks. One reason is that it took a bit of time to write the two big posts of late: The resignation of Dayton Daily News photo chief Larry Price– which went international, and the post about Read More

Truancy delinquents

What to do with punk kids skipping school

In the last week, I’ve stopped kids walking down Bonner Street during school hours and asked them why they weren’t in school. The river of BS flowed freely out of their young mouths. My standard response goes something like this: “Do you want to grow up to be under-employed the rest of your life? Do Read More

The secret group trying to do regionalism without telling anyone: One Dayton

please note: this is a long post for esrati.com, but it is the unveiling of a secret group that is already spending your tax dollars with favored political consultants to advance a cause that can’t be spoken of in public… yet. I hope you find it useful and informative. A group has been meeting to Read More

What does “safety” mean?

To the homeless man, safety means he can sleep at night without worry of being shanked. To the young, unemployed or underemployed mother- it means not having to depend on someone else to be able to feed her kids. To the American soldier in Afghanistan- it means coming home in one piece to his family. Read More

Dayton makes the New York Times- again for the wrong reasons

We’ve made the news, the New York Times. Instead of talking about why Dayton is a great place to locate your business, with a highly trained workforce, low cost of living, high quality of life- we get a mid-level manager talking about our long-term unemployed: Lucious Plant, work force development administrator in Montgomery County, Ohio, Read More

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