It seems that there is a court that isn’t recognized publicly in Dayton, Ohio, “Development Court.” All who wish to buy or sell property must come before this secret tribunal and kiss someone’s ring, before being allowed to be a “developer” in Dayton- or you will mocked in the pages of the Dayton Daily. Midland Read More
Thomas Suddes makes a case for UniGov in today’s Dayton Daily News. He’s dead on, except at this point, this amounts to kicking a dead horse: Ohio also doesn’t need its 700 “special district” governments, such as port authorities and fire, park, etc., districts. All that brush just hides which typically unelected folks caused which Read More
Yesterday’s post about the Dayton Daily News sparked some comments. It also made the phone ring. No, Editor Kevin Riley didn’t call (though he should have – note, I’d give you a link to a page about him- but I can’t find anything on their lame-o site)- it was Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley (who Read More
I am sure that someone is going to call me arrogant for this- but- the quotes in today’s paper show how off base our thinking has gotten. The “Downtown Dayton Partnership” – or DDP, is a small group tasked to provide “economic development” efforts focused on a very narrow version of Downtown. Why the gerrymandering? Read More
Today’s headline “Downtown faces more closings” is an example of why the community might do better without the paper. Let’s dissect the story. Two Cannery tenants (Go Home and Ashley & Hillary) are leaving for their stores in Centerville. Net loss, maybe 10 part time, slightly above minimum wage jobs. Citilites is changing formats and Read More
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