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Most favored developer status in Montgomery County?

Posted on February 1, 2012 @ 10:25 pm by David Esrati

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In today’s Dayton Daily News we get to read about the “land bank” and how the city is wiping the debts off some sites that they’ve decided were over-encumbered by tax debt and making them available for development: The targeted properties include: • The former Dayton Electro Plate Inc., 1030 Valley Street; • Rita Construction, Read More

Why Nan Whaley is dangerous – the shrinking cities fallacy

Posted on April 7, 2011 @ 10:52 am by David Esrati

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The check Nan Whaley got for $5,000 from a Westerville demolition contractor should have been the first indication. The rush to spend money tearing down houses and create “land banks” makes the rich happy- while screwing the poor. The free market economy doesn’t work- as long as you have the government stepping in, and taking Read More