Mat Heck

Dayton Public School board illegally approves spending $68K on hoodies, despite acknowledging that they didn't follow procedure and the district bought them without board approval or an RFP

Dayton Public Schools and “HoodieGate”

It’s time to fire Dr. Libbie Lolli, the School Treasurer Hiwot Abraha, new Business Manager Dr. David Lawrence, and charge Dayton Public School board members, Will Smith, Dr. Chrisondra Goodwine, Karen Wick-Gagnet, and Dion Sampson with crimes in office. The crime: looking the other way when a $68,000 expense was not only authorized without board Read More

Why I don’t vote early. And, I made a huge mistake.

I’ve always waited till election day to cast my ballot. Yes, I consider myself a well informed voter, but, one never knows what will come out just before an election. I’ve been to more candidates nights than anyone other than the other candidates. I’ve heard from candidates night after night. I thought I did my Read More

Who’s the criminal this week?

A week ago Sunday, Tom Archdeacon of the Dayton Daily News wrote a story about the veteran I’ve been taking care of since Feb of 2016. It was very brave of John to share his story. The headline was “John ‘Sully’ Sullivan can see his future again” and I think it got more traction on Read More

Judge Robert Rettich III of Miamisburg Municipal court dies- now the race to replace begins

It’s not often that judgeships come available in Montgomery County, because of the not-so-secret pact between the two parties to not ever challenge a sitting judge. That’s why there are currently 6 candidates running (3 from each party) for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1) UTE 7/1/2025: D Jacqueline V. Gaines  Oakwood 45419 Read More

The problem with judges for life- national and local

There has been a lot of discussion about changing the rules for the United States Supreme Court where judges are given lifetime appointments. This was supposed to be a way to guarantee that they would act in the best interests of the law and country, as opposed to being engaged in partisan politics or being Read More

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