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(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 need arises and time allows.) Reading Mayor Leitzell’s perspective on Occupy Dayton illustrates the nature of truth as partial (i.e. there are many truths) and… (continue…)
When Dayton announced its Welcome Dayton Plan last month, it met with mixed reviews from the public. This was hardly surprising since the topic of immigration is currently a hot button issue in the United States. As the country is still struggling to regain its economic footing the subject of immigrant job seekers is and… (continue…)
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been barraged with rhetoric from both sides of the Senate Bill 5 issue. Rhetoric is often persuasive, but it doesn’t really give a person any solid facts to stand on. So what is the bill really about? At its core, SB 5 (also known as Issue 2) is another… (continue…)
I’m only one person…. My vote doesn’t matter…. I don’t really know the issues that well…. I don’t live in the city limits…. NO MORE EXCUSES! Everyone is fed up. Between ‘tea-partiers’ upset at government and ‘occupiers’ upset at corporations – everyone has an opinion. Now it’s time to hear how opinions manifest into action… (continue…)
It’s no secret that college students can be counted among some of the most opinionated people when it comes to politics. As a college student, I’ve had more conversations about politics when I’m on campus than I do when I’m off campus. But if students can be so fired up about politics, why don’t we… (continue…)
After 2009’s successful levy campaign and funding for the MetroParks secure for another decade, Executive Director Charlie Shoemaker announced his retirement. Charlie’s last day with the MetroParks will be Feb. 28, ending his nine-year tenure as director of the park system and a 33-year career with MetroParks. Some highlights of his career include overseeing the… (continue…)
In the wake of a monumental policy passed by the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission this past week, all transportation project submissions requesting federal funds will require the design to accommodate all users, not just motor vehicles. This concept is commonly known as “Complete Streets.” A street designed to be complete is friendlier to pedestrians,… (continue…)
I have publicly said that one of my biggest challenges as Mayor is changing the perceptions that people in the region have about Dayton. True, the city of Dayton has its share of serious challenges, but if we do not keep those challenges in their proper perspective, we cannot overcome them. With all of the… (continue…)
(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 out-of-context, “the sky is falling” dose of misinformation about our region’s economic health. First, the Dayton region’s demographics are unfairly represented by… (continue…)
This week, The Brookings Institute published a study called “The State of Metropolitan America.” The premise of the study is that we can no longer define metropolitan areas in the same general terms used in the 80s and 90s because the demographic trends of the 2000s have reshaped the character of metropolises in America. The… (continue…)
