Jeff Mims

DPS school closing task force- first meeting

This time, there were chairs for an audience. Didn’t stop Channel 7 and the paper for claiming they were the ones who stopped the first meeting (by leaving the room). All the TV stations were there. Noticeably absent was Dr. Robert Walker, board member. But DPS was there in force- Dr. Lolli, Dr. Burton, Treasurer Read More

Task force conflict of interest?

A reader pointed out an overlooked relationship. Dayton City Commissioner Jeff Mims, formerly of the State Board of Education, formerly of the DPS Board of Education is supposed to be the building closing task force co-chair with Mohamed Al-Hamdani who will be seated to the school board tonight. His daughter, LaDawn Mims-Morrow is the principal Read More

Esrati and his video camera shut down first task force meeting before it starts

I couldn’t get an agenda. I couldn’t get confirmation of the meeting. I showed up before 9am, set up my camera, and waited. The Board Secretary and I exchanged pleasantries. I spoke to the Superintendent. I took a photo of the agenda (which I shared on FB and with the Dayton Daily News). The Superintendent Read More

DPS don’t need no stinkin task force

The new school board hasn’t even been seated, and Mayor Nan Whaley has a new task force on “rightsizing” the schools. And of course, we name 16 people to this that are part of the status-quo, starting with Commissioner Jeff Mims who quit the DPS board to be a state board of ed member- which Read More

Montgomery County Democratic Party eats its own

Full disclosure: my firm does work for Darryl Fairchild and Shenise Turner-Sloss. I’m also a member of both the executive and central committee of the Montgomery County Democratic party (and don’t recall voting to authorize this kind of dirty politics.) I got a mailer today. “Darryl Fairchild refused to support an issue that would provide Read More

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