Mayor Rhine McLin

The war of the yard signs. Not being waged in yards.

If memory serves correct, political yard signs are only to appear in yards- not public right of ways, abandoned lots, etc. You wouldn’t know it looking around Dayton. I despise yard signs. Usually, they have the name of the candidate and that’s about it. They are, for the most part ugly. Visual debris. However, people Read More

A question of law on valid petitions: Should Nan Whaley be on the ballot?

I’ve turned this over to the Dayton Daily News. I don’t know the answer, and don’t expect anything from the very partisan Montgomery County Board of Elections (they’ve split 2-2 on party lines twice in the last two months). I also doubt the city will enforce its own laws against an incumbent. On Sept. 8, Read More

See Esrati beheaded. Worst video ever. Candidates Night video

Shoot the video operator (me, with a goby pocket tripod)- I managed to cut my own head off. I thought about publishing it as a podcast- because the words are more important anyway- but, the reactions of Nan while Gary is speaking (I didn’t watch my own part) may be worth the price of watching. Read More

Montgomery County Democratic Party launch smear site

Considering the Montgomery County Democratic Party can barely manage their own site (go look at the greek text placeholder under candidates)  it comes as a surprise that they’ve launched “No Gary No” to run a smear against independent mayoral challenger, Gary Leitzell: Copyright 2009. All Rights Reserved. Paid for by the Montgomery County Democratic Party. Read More

Thoughts on electibility of a City Commissioner

Dean Lovelace ran three times before he pulled out of a general election so that he could run in a special election and win. Before that, he had been pushing for dividing the city up into districts so that he would have a shot. After he was elected, he never once pushed for districts, and Read More

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