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Response to Mayor Leitzell’s Occupy Dayton Article
(The following was submitted by Shawn Cassiman – a member of Occupy Dayton since its inception. She is involved in the education working group, the process and facilitation group, and others as the...
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OPINION – Lack of details and potential impact to Cooper Park mean NO on...
A little girl checks a book out of the library. It is a story about the queen of Daytonia. The queen realizes it is a great responsibility bestowed on her, and she must keep her kingdom safe and...
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OPINION: Voting as Defensive Action – Why I’m Voting for President Obama
Lately many people I love and admire have said either, 1) They refuse to vote, or 2) They have decided to vote for a 3rd Party candidate. Let me first discuss the issue of voting. The rationale for...
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Playing Dominos with Springboro Schools – OPINION
When you were a kid, did you ever line up dominoes around the table so that you could knock the first one down and then watch the rest fall? Well in Springboro, our school board appears to view Ohio’s...
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A Big iPad … Or A Creativity Tool
Beginning with the Apple September announcement of the new iPad Pro, I struggled to understand the value of a larger iPad. I had an iPad Air 2, and thought I fully understood the value the new split...
View ArticleDayton Mayor Responds to Brookings Institute Ranking, DDN Reporting
(the following was written by Gary Leitzell – Mayor, City of Dayton) The June 16, 2010 article ‘Dayton metro area gets 9th worst ranking in U.S.’ does nothing except give citizens yet another...
View ArticleWhen Street Art & Government Clash
The City of Dayton seems to be stuck somewhere between two forces. The first is a government mired in an old bureaucratic attitude and uncreative culture with strict rules that focus on regulating...
View ArticleDayton in the Thick of the Battle for Baby Vanessa
A hotly-contested custody case that has garnered national attention is heading from Orange County, California, back to where it started – here in Dayton. Stacey Doss, a single woman from Orange...
View ArticleTwo-Way Streets Equal All-Way Confusion
So, if you haven’t noticed, construction crews are busy messing up converting 18 blocks of downtown Dayton’s one-way streets into two-way streets. Am I the ONLY one who doesn’t like this idea?? (Don’t...
View ArticleThe (second) Death of Passenger Rail in Ohio
3C Rail Plan – Worth Saving? Last year, many Ohioans (especially students, urban dwellers and young professionals) cheered loudly when it was announced that Ohio would receive $400 million to modify...
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