Burges and Burges

Why Dayton needs to vote no on Issue 6 part 2

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 to fix that now. Let’s be Read More

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 having to go to bid. This is why Dayton residents should be able to sit Read More

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 asking for people to respond to a 15-20 minute phone survey. As Read More

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 because Read More

Evaluation and endorsements of the Dayton School Board candidates

full disclosure and entanglements: I’ve been friends with Karen and Jim Gagnet for years, I’ve done work for them both since they opened the 2nd iteration of  Coco’s on Wayne Ave. I’ve printed materials for Jo’el Jones, Jocelyn Rhynard, Mario Gallin has lunched with my mother, her husband, TRRuddick is one of the most frequent Read More

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