The Montgomery County Democratic Party believes the best system is to eliminate primaries whenever possible by picking candidates in a closed room before the filing deadline. Often times, they collude with the Republican party and agree not challenge in some races, instead of running a full slate of candidates every time. This lack of people Read More
While it’s wonderful that our vote in Ohio still matters (it hasn’t in past primaries), and that we have 2 real choices on the Democratic side for President (my preference is Barack Obama), I’m a bit dismayed at how the congressional primary has been all but ignored. No debates. Very few, poorly attended voter forums, Read More
In today’s Dayton Daily News, Betty Smith, deputy director of the Montgomery County Board of Elections, made our fair community look like a bunch of backassward Luddites with her quote: Longtime Dayton activist Esrati to run for Congress Turner and former Waynesville Mayor Charles W. Sanders, a Democrat, have taken out petitions from the Montgomery Read More
This isn’t the first time I’ve questioned mug shots. When a certain son of Oakwood was indicted for rape in California, the photo the news published wasn’t his mugshot. It was a long time before we actually saw the mug shot. When a friend was arrested at work, for beating the shit out of an Read More
The buildings are in turmoil. Libby Lolli’s last minute deck chair re-arrangement experiment is failing. Bad. Shuffling most of the building leadership has caused schools that were previously running moderately well- are now in chaos. Most significantly is Thurgood Marshall High School, where Sharon Goins used to run a pretty tight ship. Teachers assaulted, arrested, Read More
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