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I-75 crash in Moraine. I don't know if there's still construction here or not. Probably.

The call this police officer the proctologist. You might think this is a story about illegal corruption. It's not. It's a story about legalized corruption.

"“I became very good at searches,” the cop said. “Searching somebody takes a lot of attention to detail. A person will tense up when you get to a certain area.”
He had one memorable search at the Montgomery County jail.
“I had been there for quite some time. I was searching some guy at a receiving area. He was a kind of heavyset guy. When I went to search him between his legs, he’s got his butt cheeks clenched up extremely tight.
“I’m like, ding, ding, ding, ding. Something ain’t right here. I think he’s hiding something. I don’t know what it is."

Maybe he doesn't want your sex-offender hands between his legs!

Miami Township police chief wants to retire and get rehired. Don't we all. I'd like to do it a dozen times. But the overwhelming, everyday corruption in Miami Twp. makes this seem minor.

"Trustees Mike Nolan and Charlie Lewis said they characterized the email, obtained by the Dayton Daily News through an open records request, as a “threat” and Nolan called it “blackmail.”"

Business as usual. Double-dipping is the least of the corruption in Miami Twp. They'll kill somebody next week and pretend that's OK too. This goes back to the DiPietro scandal. There's something really rotten in Miami Twp.

No wonder Miami Twp. corruption is back in the news.

"An evidentiary hearing has been scheduled for June 24 to allow more evidence to be presented in the administrative appeal of former Miami Twp. Deputy Police Chief John DiPietro.
Richard Lipowicz asked Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Krumholtz for a judgment two weeks ago in part because township officials did not submit a full transcript of DiPietro’s disciplinary hearings as required by law."

This is the leverage whats-is-name is using for his retirement extortion. Miami Twp. makes the mafia look respectable.

I'm skeptical that Oakwood teachers pay will really be based on performance. That's the kind of thing government's tell serfs, but they lie.

Local housing is supposed to be on the rise. I'm skeptical.

"During the first three months of this year, 165 area homes in the foreclosure process were sold for an average price of $81,078. In the first quarter of 2012, 504 area homes in some stage of foreclosure were sold for an average price of $63,962, the RealtyTrac figures show."

I bet it won't last.

Local businesses want to partner with Dayton Racino. Well, who wouldn't? They're guaranteed profits from the government.