On a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon (14 Jan 2017), about 45 people met in the basement of the Wright Library in Oakwood to learn “How to elect & support local officials.” I was one of the panelists, along with: Nan Whaley, mayor of Dayton Robert Klepinger, ran for congress, 10th district Jimmy Calhoun, ran Read More
When the 3rd Congressional district was last gerrymandered as it was passed from Tony Hall to Mike Turner by the powers that be, it went from a compact, reasonable district that roughly matched Montgomery County boundaries to a sprawling mess that looks like a monkey with an etch-a-sketch tried to draw something and it was Read More
Nov 3 2009, DAVID ESRATI 9440 votes. City of Dayton commission race. July 13 2010 David Esrati 958 votes Democratic special primary, OH-3 add in 50 votes in part of Warren County, no results available in Highland County, and 28 votes in Clinton County with ZERO results on the Secretary of State page and you Read More
The argument about gerrymandering in Ohio has been going on for a long time. Now with computers to help in slicing and dicing the electorate, we’ve gotten so good at drawing lines on a map that we can draw one right around Mike Turner’s former house on Linden Avenue- just to make sure that the Read More
Because our Board of Elections is controlled by the local political parties (the two that the State of Ohio recognizes)- we see all kinds of shenanigans – like the 2-2 ties on party lines every time there is a question of one of their approved candidates- but a 4-0 decision on anyone else (when the Read More
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