The kids’ book about “the little engine that could” is a parable for the South Park neighborhood in Dayton Ohio. The largest historic district in the city, South Park is a neighborhood defined not by its vast mix of homes, from manses to miniature (there is one house, the “Gingerbread cottage” that is smaller than Read More
I’m a failure as a candidate, because I don’t want to raise scads of money to spend with media companies like the Dayton Daily News, or their sister Channel 7. I don’t want to send attack mailings like Rhine McLin. I don’t want to engage in “sound bite politics.” The issues of Dayton can’t be Read More
Seth Godin wrote about risk and apparent risk today on his blog. And while the Dayton Daily News seems to think (“Incumbents Joey Williams and Nan Whaley …are the best bets for Dayton voters.”) that adding one or two heretics to the Dayton City Commission would be a really bad decision- the reality is, it Read More
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
If memory serves correct, political yard signs are only to appear in yards- not public right of ways, abandoned lots, etc. You wouldn’t know it looking around Dayton. I despise yard signs. Usually, they have the name of the candidate and that’s about it. They are, for the most part ugly. Visual debris. However, people Read More
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