Mark Anthony Newberry

Will Gary Leitzell become Mayor by default?

The dangers of carefully laid plans behind closed doors are about to be out in the open. Instead of screening candidates for Mayor and Commission the Montgomery County Democratic Party endorsed and forwarded only one candidate per seat for this year’s race.  This was the same thing they did with Montgomery County Commissioner Debbie Lieberman. Read More

There will be a primary if all signatures clear.

The Montgomery County Board of Elections received a whole bunch of petitions today. Now, the wait comes for them to check to see who has 500 valid signatures and who doesn’t. Their findings will be presented to the Board on Tuesday for approval. Here is the list of candidates: Italics signifies incumbents Mayor    Larry E. Read More

Non-news gets more space than facts in DDN: Commission race

Why bother buying the Dayton Daily “News” when posturing and conjecture by the local GOP gets more column inches than people who’ve taken out petitions? Why answer a reporter’s inquiry when you send a quote via e-mail, but instead she uses the word lost like a vowel in your description- even adding a race you Read More

The launch of a new kind of campaign: Esrati for City Commission

Today, is 30 days from petition turn in for the “Non-partisan” Dayton City Commission race. The petitions are closely guarded and held by both the Montgomery County Board of Elections and the Dayton City Commission office. So far there are 7 candidates with petitions out for City Commission and 4 for Mayor that are known: Read More