August 2013

What brings people to esrati.com?

One of the advantages of having a website with a ton of content about Dayton, going back to 2005 is you can sense what’s going on by seeing what people are searching for- and bringing them to the site. I check my stats almost daily, and if I see a lot of searches for someone, Read More

Dayton Champions: Invincible Regulating Striders

Last week, I posted an iphone video that I made of a local drill team that knocked my socks off- the Invincible Regulating Striders (I hate to call them by their initials- IRS, because, well you know). They were about to head to New Orleans for a national competition. Well, they went- and they won. Read More

I will not forget SGM North E. Woodall. 4 years unsolved murder

July 29 came and passed this year- and I forgot to write a post. This is to make up for it. SGM Woodall was murdered in the city of Dayton. The 2009 front page story from the Dayton Daily News still hangs right behind my monitor, over my desk. Headline, “Veteran of 3 wars, dies Read More

Uncertified candidates for Dayton School board- 2 open seats

The Montgomery County Board of Elections hasn’t certified the signatures on the petitions yet,  however, as reported earlier on this site, incumbent Stacy Thompson will not be seeking reelection, nor will the most senior member of the School Board, Yvonne Isaacs, leaving 2 empty seats. Incumbents Joe Lacey and Ron Lee will be running, meaning Read More

Did something change on the GE deal?

When the school board passed the 30-year tax abatement on the GE Power building under pressure from the “economic development” folks who claimed GE wouldn’t come to Dayton without the tax break, the deal for the building and tax abatement was to an LLC. The tax break was for 30 years- yet, now in today’s Read More

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