Mark Owens, Montgomery County Party Chairman and Dayton Clerk of Courts came up to me after the meeting to ask me if I gave someone the finger. I said yes, and that the little old lady has been disrespecting me for years, mostly by hissing when I spoke, but tonight,…
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When politicians cost you money
Dayton Public Schools just beat back a state law cooked up by Phil Plummer and Tom Young that would have punished only Montgomery County students. The court called it unconstitutional, saving families from new transportation costs. But the deeper problem goes beyond bus…
Proof that Mohamed Al-Hamdani is a lousy Dem Party Chairman
Montgomery County Democratic Party Chair Mohamed Al-Hamdani is failing at the most basic job of political leadership: finding candidates and helping them win. With dozens of uncontested races, outdated and inaccessible election information, and widespread voter apathy, …
and the rest of the Williams corruption story
Today, the Dayton Daily News has a very long story which is claiming to reveal new evidence in the Joey D. Williams investigation. They state: The Dayton Daily News obtained a federal search warrant and supporting documents from the 2015 search of Williams’ Sunnyview…
The Court Told Me to File to Remove Mat Heck, Here’s what I told them.
The Second District Court of Appeals just dismissed my quo warranto case against Clerk of Courts Mike Foley, effectively saying that only Prosecutor Mat Heck can enforce the Ohio Constitution’s rule for removing corrupt officials. That means if Heck refuses to act, th…
All the news you don’t get anywhere else- briefly
Esrati.com once again scooped Dayton’s local media, exposing who will take the fall for Montgomery County Jail’s failures and breaking news on Dayton Public Schools’ lawsuit against Ohio’s unfair bus transfer law. From the taxpayer-funded legal mess caused by Ph…
Dayton gets national press for wrong thing (again)
Over 20 years ago I was sitting on a dive boat with some people from NYC. I was telling them about my house I bought for $14,500- “$14,500? That’s what I pay a year for my parking spot” said one. “Did it come on a trailer” asked another….
The Dayton Education Association is letting the dog eat their homework
The Dayton Education Association (DEA) recently endorsed candidates for the Dayton Public Schools Board and took the rare step of issuing a vote of “no confidence” in current board president Chrisondra?Goodwine — a move usually reserved for superintendents or trea…
Choosing Dayton’s future on Tuesday
Full disclosure- I’ve run for Mayor once, Commission many times, and tried to run for commission many times. I’ve done work for Darryl Fairchild, Shenise Turner-Sloss, Scott Sliver, Jordan Wortham, Valerie Duncan, Gary Leitzell and have even collected…
Esrati files for Congress in OH-10
Democrat, David Esrati, 61, filed 130 signatures today with the Montgomery County Board of Elections for Congress to challenge Mike Turner R, for the Ohio tenth district. Only 50 are necessary for ballot access. Esrati has had multiple challenges to his petitions from…

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