The first thing you should always do when looking over something "too good to be true" is to follow the money. I failed to do that in the last post about this sneaky way to funnel public money into private hands without real governmental oversight, I'm going to begin...
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It’s insurrection day. Who is escaping charges? Hint: They were the ones being attacked.
The 14th Amendment seems to be less than clear about who should be banned from running for office- since common sense can't be applied anymore, now that we have "Constitutional Originalism" in power. The idea was that anyone who tried to overthrow the government, was...
Who to vote for in Dayton on Nov 2, 2021
Early voting can cause serious buyers remorse. Source: Why you should never early vote | Esrati I wrote that about a month ago. For those of you who voted for the “endorsed democratic party candidates” – you now know that the party is neither...
Judges fiddle while Rome burns
The next time they run for office, you might want to consider voting for whomever is running for these judicial seats to replace the following judges: Richard Skelton in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, Judges Jeffrey M. Welbaum, Michael T. Hall and Michael L....
Mohamed Al-Hamdani; the prince of pious
Before this school board was elected, I warned the citizens of Dayton that William Harris was a mistake: Harris has said “I won’t be anyone’s puppet” as part of the slate- yet, that’s comically what he is. I don’t think he brings any of the critical thinking skills we...
Niccolò Lolli at the helm
Machiavelli was ruthless. Machiavellianism is “the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct”. Dr. Lolli announced the latest seating chart on the DPS tilt-a-whirl and analysis by the team behind esrati.com says she gets an A-...
And the survey asked…
Well, Dayton Public Schools didn’t hire Burges and Burges directly, they hired the Montgomery County Educational Service Center to do their public perception survey for them. Naughty naughty. This is how you skirt scrutiny and keep things underwraps- and avoid...
The dirty on the District: DPS still can’t get it right
Apparently, without board approval, the board or Superintendent has hired Burges and Burges out of Cleveland- to do a survey of the perception of the district. This expenditure was NEVER listed for approval on any board agenda. The survey started today. They are...
DPS: Special meetings are to avoid scrutiny
The announcement came on Thursday the 22nd- which is a day earlier than normal. The Board wants to meet Thursday February 27, 2018 at 5pm to have an: “Executive Session to consider the employment, dismissal, discipline, or compensation of public employees and to...
Local campaign finance winners and losers
Number one rule in journalism: follow the money. When it comes to politics and who wants to buy your vote: follow the money. When I look to see what I could and should support, I like to look at the money. In Montgomery County it takes a lot of work to do it- mostly...

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