Dick Skelton

Let me tell you about the dirty underbelly of Montgomery County Politics

The dirty underbelly of Montgomery County Politics

Last Tuesday, Jacqueline Gaines, a magistrate in Domestic Relations Court lost her Republican primary against Jennifer Petrella by a 2-1 margin. You might remember Jacqueline ran 2 years ago as an unendorsed Dem for Common Pleas judge. Thursday, she lost her job. Judge Denise Cross (an R, I’m told- it’s hard to remember because the Read More

Mohamed Al-Hamdani tries to stop Mary McDonald from Running against Debbie Lieberman for Montgomery County Commission

Montgomery County Crips try to whack McDonald

If you can’t win on the strength of your candidate, go to the arcane book of technicalities called the Ohio Revised Code and try to disqualify your opposition. That’s the latest play out of the Montgomery County Democratic Private Club, run by Mohamed Al-Hamdani, who got away with breaking the law before he was even Read More

Montgomery County “Democratic” Party endorses homophobe who wins judgeship

Post this in the better late than never file. Last November, there was a race for Montgomery County Judge of Municipal Court (FTC 1/2/2020) that was very close in a race that shouldn’t have happened. At least if anyone didn’t have amnesia and judges races weren’t so hands off. Tamela Womack squared off against James Read More

The “unwritten” rule is now published. Is it still “unwritten”? Judicial races in Montgomery County

Because we have morons running the two local political parties like good-ole-boy clubs, we don’t get primaries for much- and when it comes to judges, the decision is usually made in a back room with the doors closed. Today, the Dayton Daily news made the mistake of actually writing the truth about our judicial elections: Read More