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Dayton confuses gentrification with community development

This is why Chris Shaw and Matt Joseph can’t be re-elected, nor should the people in charge of “economic development” and “community development” in Dayton be allowed to continue with their “vision” of Dayton. This “program” is nothing but a tool to assist in red-lining and discrimination, while encouraging gentrification. True community development rises all Read More

Crime data a la carte: and the coming apocalypse

Thanks to brilliant lifecycle planning, the Dayton Police Department is about to lose a ton of senior officers through the “DROP program”– to make matters worse, we’ve also been in a hiring freeze thanks to a Department of Justice deal that’s been trying to address the whiteness of our boys and few girls in blue. Read More