Kettering

Save the DL Barnes building from stupidity in Kettering

Don’t tear down the D.L. Barnes building Kettering

There are two things I can’t stand, stupidity and lack of creativity. The Kettering School board is exhibiting both. Demolition of the 93-year-old D.L. Barnes building is planned by Kettering City Schools next year as part of up to $5 million in capital improvement projects. Tearing down the building at 3750 Far Hills Ave. — Read More

Why the sales tax hike isn’t the answer

I’m one of the people stirred up about the sales tax hike. I’ve already known for years that if I do my shopping in Greene county, I can save .5% on sales tax that funds the RTA- a Montgomery County Service that actually goes to Greene county on my dime (WSU and the Greene). I Read More

It’s not “your money” to build Huber Heights Music Center, Councilman Campbell

What happened to Memorial Hall once the Victoria reopened, and then what happened to the Victoria once the Schuster opened? Or what has happened to Hara Arena since UD Arena, the Dayton Convention Center and then the Nutter Center opened? What is the utilization rates of all these venues? Hint: our population hasn’t grown at Read More

Rob Drydek Skate Park in Kettering

Quality of life is economic development. Let’s organize it better.

The Dayton Daily News has turned over a new leaf- and has gone on a waste-busting spree. First up wasn’t the clown corps  in charge of tax giveaways- the “economic development” people- which we have in abundance. Nope- it’s the people in charge of providing public amenities. First was yesterday’s “news” that most municipalities lose Read More

Tech Town or TechShop?

It started as “tool town” – but got stuck in the muck for so long that we outsourced our whole tool and die industry to China. The next shot was “tech town” a government-sponsored subsidized office complex with better branding. It screwed local real estate owners by offering ridiculously low rents in a market that’s Read More

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