Mike Foley

Criminals on the ballot

Journalism 101 on investigating candidates and politicians

At the April 27, 2023 Montgomery County Democratic Party meeting, Mike Brill got all excited about his brilliant strategy to attack Republicans- from that day’s paper: While state legislators make laws, a few don’t always follow them when they’re behind the wheel. Three Ohio lawmakers racked up more than 10 traffic tickets over the past Read More

When hacks get elected: The Mike Foley Follies

There are only two reasons Mike Foley is the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts: Russ Joseph wasn’t the political genius he thought he was, and Mike shares the same name as Judge Patrick Foley and his son Dan Foley- who had served this community honorably for decades. Mike copied Dan’s signs- and let the ignorance Read More

Raid on Mike Foley, Clerk of Courts office

A few weeks ago, Mike Foley, the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts fired two employees in his legal division, Tyler Starline and Christy Ahrens were sent packing. Today, law enforcement executed a search warrant in the Courts building. Sources say that Foley was asking county employees to do either campaign work- or provide private legal Read More

Russ Joseph is as bad as Donald Trump

Today, finally, Russ Joseph conceded defeat to John McManus when the final vote was certified. Russ lost. Russ Joseph got 128,633 or 49.62%, John McManus got 130,592 or 50.38%.The people have spoken, they once again decided that even as the incumbent, Russ wasn’t worthy of keeping his appointed position. Usually, being an incumbent and a Read More

Dayton political ecosystem just collapsed, R hires D for countywide office

Everyday except Tuesdays, for the last 3 years, John McManus would get in his aging Lexus LS350 and drive to Columbus around 1:30 in the afternoon to work for the Franklin County Clerk of Courts. There, he worked in a true countywide clerks office, with electronic filing for every court. With second shift hours to Read More

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