Commissioner Joey Williams

You know times are tough when bank presidents have banking problems

There are the bankers on Wall Street who carry home cash in a wheelbarrow, without ever having to sign on a line for anything. They run the bank into the ground, get multimillion-dollar bonuses- get bailed out by the taxpayers and then “retire” with a big fat golden parachute and a pension for life. Then Read More

First time visitors: welcome, Dayton Daily News profiles review

The Dayton Daily News wrote three complete, yet very short, profiles today of Commissioner Nan Whaley,  Commissioner Joey D. Williams, and me. Online, at the moment has Joey’s story, my profile and nothing about poor ”knock ’em down” Nan. It’s currently at http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/election/3-candidates-vying-for-2-city-commission-seats-319198.html The DDN fixed the story- it’s now at: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/election/profiles-of-candidates-vying-for-2-dayton-commission-seats-319697.html Although much was Read More

Dayton’s number one priority for David Esrati

I can write the plan, I can write more than 1,000 posts on this site, I can talk about all the little things we could do- and even some of the big things, but there is no greater priority than solving this problem: From 2001 to 2008, Dayton’s population declined by nearly 10,000 — from Read More

Thoughts on electibility of a City Commissioner

Dean Lovelace ran three times before he pulled out of a general election so that he could run in a special election and win. Before that, he had been pushing for dividing the city up into districts so that he would have a shot. After he was elected, he never once pushed for districts, and Read More

Money may not buy happiness, but it might buy a politician

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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