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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…)
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 and improve freight rail tracks to accommodate a new passenger rail system called 3C which would connect Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. Of course,… (continue…)
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 answer that, no one asked me anyway.) But seriously. WHO are they doing this for? If you already live, work, or frequent… (continue…)
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 County, adopted daughter Vanessa at birth in June 2008. Vanessa was born in Dayton and her birth mother had been matched with Doss through… (continue…)
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 instead of facilitating, perhaps from a different era when old captains of industry controlled things in the community. The other is a… (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…)
Tim Riordan’s “Listening Tour” And My Plea For Action I attended one of the stops on Tim Riordan’s (Dayton’s current City Manager) “listening tour” on June 3rd at the Southeast Priority Board (2160 E. Fifth St.). There were around forty or fifty people crammed into the cramped board room, with representatives from the priority board,… (continue…)
The following was submitted by Hilary Ross Browning – resident of the South Park neighborhood. We invite comments from affected residents AND city staff – what do YOU think? Along Wayne Avenue, lawn signs scream “Stop the Widening Project” and “City Unfair to us.” A seemingly simple infrastructure upgrade has angered many, and leaves Wayne… (continue…)
