This is the post I hate to write each year. It was July 29, 2009 when the Dayton Daily News had the story “Veteran of 3 wars, 85, dies in home invasion” on the front page. That clipping sits behind my monitor on the wall 365 days a year. Reminding me that the murder is Read More
Polarizing. It’s a word people like to throw around when talking about me. I’m used to it. I understand that some people love me and others hate me, and a lot have opinions about me, fact or fiction. There is a Facebook page very similar to the “Fuck You Mark Zuckerberg” about me- yes, that Read More
Every year in Dayton over a hundred innocent people die from gun violence. There is no party to ease the pain for them. There are no TV cameras, no fundraisers, no monuments. Some of the crimes against humanity don’t even get solved. Every year, for 10 years, I’ve written a post around the end of Read More
Tonight, the Dayton City Commission bought the hole in the ground where the Schwind and the Dayton Daily news used to sit. They spent $450K of your money. That hole still has to be filled in. The old Cox historic building- nope, they didn’t buy that. They left that with the demolition contractor, who no Read More
Dayton used to have a police force of 500 sworn officers. The city may have less people, but it’s still shaped like an octopus and big. Now, Dayton has around half that. Still, racially unbalanced compared to the general population. And, still, unable to find the killer of one of their own. You’ve seen the Read More
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