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Your tax dollars subsidizing Amazon in Dayton

Montgomery County population hasn’t grown in 20 years. But our footprint keeps growing- as we continue to sprawl out over fertile farmland to do what exactly? Create jobs? What kind of jobs? Benefiting who? There are plenty of sites in the county that Amazon, Crocs or anyone else could have picked to build a warehouse Read More

The right way to pay for journalism

My last post, the video of me returning the weekly ad circulars distributed by CoxOhio created a mini-viral sensation in Dayton, where residents are sick of picking up garbage that someone is getting paid to throw into their yards. Of course, the people at Cox Ohio are sick of trying to replace ad revenue that Read More

Amazon is not the bad guy in sales tax fight

When state legislatures across the country started trying to solve their budget woes- they looked for a scapegoat for their dropping sales tax collections and found Amazon. But before you blame Amazon, try looking at the insane sales tax laws we have in Ohio- and I’m sure are duplicated in other states: different sales tax Read More

Want to be a citizen journalist? Need a video camera?

A few people thanked me for promoting the great deal on Quickbooks on Amazon. When I see an amazing deal, I try to let you know. Today, it’s a pocket HD video camera from Creative Labs for $129. Amazon deal of the day on Creative Vado pocket HD video camera for $129 It’s today only, Read More