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Beavercreek is going on an orgy of stealing taxpayers' money. That city has grown in population and commerce, bringing in tremendous new tax revenue, but it's never enough for Beavercreek's rulers. They pushed for increased school taxes for years before they finally succeeded. Now they're pushing for higher fire, police and street taxes.

Usually government's best cheerleader, the DDN is forced to report that 2013 was a bad year for jobs in Dayton. You don't say. Despite the overwhelming propaganda promoted by the DDN about how our rulers are stealing our money and using it to improve our economy, the reality is:

"The Dayton metro area lost 600 jobs last month, and the region’s labor force shrank to the lowest level since at least 1983, which made for a disappointing finish to a disappointing year for the region, according to preliminary data released Tuesday."

Lowest level since 1983. What a disaster. Dayton and Daytonians are being ruined by government looting.

DDN capitalizes on death another Greene County man from the flu to promote flu vaccine propaganda.

"Doug Stevenson saw a doctor and was prescribed an antibiotic, but began having more trouble with his breathing. Joy Stevenson said her husband went to five different institutions in the month or so he battled the virus. He never got a flu shot, she said, and in hindsight she wishes he would have."

The establishment clearly didn't know how to treat this man, but we're supposed to believe that same establishment about the efficacy of the flu vaccine.

Natural gas bills to skyrocket.

"The cold weather snap this month has been severe enough that it will raise monthly residential natural gas bills from $6 to $35, according to projections from two utilities Wednesday."

Wow.

Zoning bureaucrats break their own zoning rules to allow 15 story condo along Riverview for crony. They won't change the rules for regular people.

The ballot for the income tax doesn't mention the extension will be permanent.