The Dayton Sportsplex

Esrati's big idea for a Dayton Sportsplex

Dayton Recreation director finally stumbles upon Esrati’s “Sportsplex” plan

I didn’t get credit for bring bike share to Dayton, and I won’t get credit for this idea either. Of course, my idea is more fully fleshed out, since I’ve been talking about this since Percy Mack was DPS superintendent (whenever that was).My idea was more than just building a sports complex, but a hub Read More

Sportsplex is coming, better late than never

If you’ve been reading this site for a long time, you probably know that before we closed down all of our rec centers to end up with 2 old ones and one new one (Princeton and Lohrey being the old, and the Roosevelt site new one on W. Third), I advocated for a moonshot rec Read More

It’s not up to Mayor McLin how to spend funds

Herein lies the problem with our city manager form of government and the way we do things in Dayton. We sent our part-time mayor to meet with the most powerful man in the country- to discuss our future, when in fact, our City Manager is supposed to be the one running our show. Their pay Read More