Yesterday, the question of corporate welfare was the subject of the Dayton Daily News- with Mayor Gary Leitzel seemingly being the only one to realize that the handouts are nothing more than handouts. Since 2008, the city has given $400,000 in public funds to help law firms and nonprofits already downtown relocate — sometimes across Read More
I should have Greg writing this post, but, I’ll spare you the three-week wait for the stilted writing :-) Montgomery County used to burn our trash at two incinerators. Faced with option of investing more in scrubbers and clean-burn technology, we snuffed out the fire and turned the ovens into “waste transfer stations.” Now we Read More
You pay taxes for police protection, but are told, we can’t afford more police officers during a rash of crime. You pay taxes for street maintenance, yet, streets go unpaved because asphalt is expensive. You pay taxes on your home, while other homes sit vacant, with uncollected tax bills – and fall into disrepair, dragging Read More
Today at 1pm, I will be sitting in a conference room with my opponents in the Dayton City Commission race. Nan Whaley, Joey Williams and me, the challenger, will be outnumbered by Ellen Belcher, Martin Gottlieb, Kevin Riley and Scott Elliot. A reporter will be in the room covering the meeting- but, not asking questions. Read More
The pre-election campaign finance reports were due yesterday. I hope to have the complete McLin and Whaley reports online early next week- because, they won’t publish anything truly informative on their sites. From the Dayton Daily News today: McLin declared contributions of just more than $51,862, from about 170 supporters, including $10,000 from Kitt C. Read More
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