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The crony Arcade project still can't take off so "special financing" is being considered.

City rulers wave off $500,000 Arcade back taxes.

After a decade and $300 million, I-75 project completed for the moment.

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I-75 ramp to US35 closed for seven months.

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I-75 downtown construction to finish this year, maybe by Sept. 1. Let's hope so.

Montgomery County union workers get raises.

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Springfield is projected to collect record taxes in 2016 but still run a deficit.

"The city of Springfield is projected to collect a record $32.6 million in income taxes in 2016, but may be still facing a $2.1 million budget deficit. "

Only government.

I'm skeptical of this story about police arresting a man for drug possession during Mayor Whaley's porch tour.

Poor Mayor Whaley gets less money stolen from racinos to hand out to her cronies.

Dayton changes policy so red-light and speeding cameras will only issue tickets when an officer is present. The article cites lost revenue as the reason for the change, but I thought the cameras weren't about revenue.

Dayton's Persistent Surveillance Systems makes international news. Everybody under surveillance all the time is an abomination.

More on proposed plan to eliminate Dayton by merging it with Montgomery County. It would have fewer, but more unaccountable politicians.

"The committee is registered as a 501 (c)4 organization, a status often used by political action committees that conduct lobbying and campaigning. Leonard said the group would likely campaign to put the issue on the ballot in 2016.
A charter measure would go to every voter in Montgomery County, including Dayton’s suburbs, which concerns Owens."

Foley is lobbying and using taxpayer-paid time to expand his own power while disenfranchising Dayton voters. This plan is backwards from the ideals of the Founding Fathers. Instead of abolishing Dayton government, we should abolish the higher, less accountable government of Montgomery County.

"“The standard across the board is more efficient economic development. Most chambers of commerce would tell you that when a business is thinking about coming to your community, if they have to deal with multiple governments in the community in order to locate a business it slows down the economic development process,” Leonard said. “There are different tax structures you have to deal with, different elected officials you have to deal with. It really slows down the economic development process. Most businesses when they come to a state would like to talk to one entity and one entity alone and make it a one-stop-shopping situation for the business.”"

This is true, but you don't see it stopping the suburbs from growing.

"A committee list obtained by the Dayton Daily News contains several area elected officials, though none on the list are current Dayton office holders."

More disenfranchisement of Dayton voters.

"Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democrat, said Tuesday she stays in the loop with Foley on city-county issues but was unaware of the Dayton Together launch."

Keep it secret.

This is the first crash I've seen reported in Dayton's I-75 construction zone in many months. I don't know if the DNN is purposely not reporting them because there were so many or if drivers just got used to construction and drove safer.

I'm happy construction will remove the lower dam, but what about the equally deadly higher dam?

"The colorful mural — a series of images of life along an active riverfront — will be painted on a concrete floodwall along the riverfront across the Great Miami from RiverScape. The artist is Amy Deal of Kettering."

Nobody in Dayton could paint the mural?

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Dayton government is raising the price of taxis.

Road construction projects ahead of schedule. I-75 could finish a year early.

Fuyao payroll to top $60 million.

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A couple inches of snow knocks out power to thousands.

Car crash lowers power lines into path of train, which knocks them down.

Head-on crash kills one in Fairborn. Crashes and slide-offs because of slippery roads. More crashes and school closings. Fairborn crash. I-75 crash.

Tow truck drivers busy.

"As of 4 p.m. Monday, AAA Roadside Assistance had already helped 400 stranded motorists in the Miami Valley. Meteorologists said 2 to 4 inches of snow fell in the region."

This is ridiculous.

Record snow in Dayton is still not much snow.

Oakwood closes street because of ice.

Fairborn is short of salt.

NCAA keeps First Four in Dayton through 2018.

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Crash on I-75 at US35. It's been a long time since the DDN reported a crash in the construction zone.

In another government-created conflict, protesters conflict with businesses over water rules. This couldn't happen with a free market for water.

Huber Heights's mayor won't attack the vice-mayor. What a joke.

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The Huber Heights soap opera continues with citizens criticizing the vice-mayor after she and others attacked the mayor. The mayor is coming off as a man of the people with the rest of Huber Heights's rulers coming off as cronies.

A multistate police state crackdown along I-70 targets aggressive drivers.

"This sweep along I-70 in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania is the second multi-state effort in the past few weeks. Last month, troopers targeted Interstate 75. That crackdown netted 373 speeding tickets, 32 citations for seat belt violations and 15 for OVI."

This is the nationalization of  highway police.

Beavercreek Parks and Rec offering fitness classes.

Fairborn Parks and Rec hosting pumpkin carving contest.

Report from non-profit claims Springfield is leading the region in job creation.

Police arrest ten people for having consensual sex.

Facebook threat closes Fairborn school. This rewards students for making threats.

Police State

FBI slams Apple and Google for allowing users to encrypt data. This will be banned ASAP. God forbid people communicate without government being able to listen in. How did humans advance for hundreds of thousands of years without government surveillance?

Australian law seeks to legalize total internet surveillance as if surveillance agencies care.

Cops go interstate with oppression along I-75 from Michigan to Florida.

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DP&L has outages in three counties. More without power.

Grand jury fails to indict officer for Beavercreek Walmart shooting. This shows that not only can prosecutors get grand juries to indict ham sandwiches, they can also get them to not indict when they want.

"" ... Based on the information the responding officers had and Mr. Crawford's failure to comply with the responding officers orders, the officers did what they were trained to do to protect the public," Beavercreek police said in a statement."

I was just following orders... I mean training is not a legitimate defense, and it's very scary that they train police to kill people carrying toy guns.

""I believe the grand jury's decision, it's absolutely the right decision, that the officers acted well within their training," Popp said."

Training again. Imagine if you had shot that guy. The law doesn't apply to rulers or their enforcers. It has nothing to do with race.

"This is the second time Williams has fatally shot someone while working for Beavercreek police. In 2010, Williams was found to be justified in the shooting and killing of ex-Air Force Master Sgt. Scott A. Brogli. Officials said Brogli, armed with a knife, charged at Williams and another officer when the officers responded to Brogli's apartment on a domestic incident call. Williams fired one round, hitting Brogli in the chest. He later died at Miami Valley Hospital."

Maybe they shouldn't have invaded his home.

Apparently the police killed the other woman in Walmart that night because all was calm until they incited a panic.

Standard predation by Harveysburg rulers prompts heroic citizens to attempt to dissolve the government.

Another downtown I-75 crash.

Prepare for cold winter.

14-year-old charged in Van Buren bomb threat in Kettering.

Franklin warns voters must pass tax increase to save money.

"Here’s a twist: Voters in Franklin need to pass a school levy to avoid a tax increase.
Franklin City Schools will be asking voters in the district to renew a five-year emergency operating levy in the Feb. 3 special election.
The Board of Education on Monday approved the first of two resolutions to place the renewal on the ballot. If passed, it would continue to generate nearly $4.07 million a year to continue current operations and would not cost taxpayers one extra cent.
But if voters reject the renewal, the owner of a $100,000 home could wind up paying an additional $88.14 a year because of a change in state law that would eliminate a 12.5 percent tax roll back and owner-occupied homestead credits on levies passed before August 2013. Levies that were in existence prior to August 2013 maintain those exemptions for taxpayers so long as they are renewed or converted, said Jana Bellamy, the district’s treasurer."

That's a slick robbery.

Why does the Dayton VA have its own Chief of Police?

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After the lane switch, three wrecks on I-75 in construction zone.

Miamisburg gets award from CDC for good water.

Man arrested for playing dice.

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Northmont City Schools must need money, so they're bribing people without children with a continental breakfast to "showcase" what children can do.

I guess half of I-75 construction is done since it's switching lanes.

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Crawford's family wants all the Walmart video released, and so do I. Withholding it is not in the interest of justice.

"UPDATE at 11:44 a.m.: The attorney for the family of John Crawford III has finished speaking.
He said: "From what we've seen, John had no opportunity to put the gun down."
UPDATE at 11:30 a.m.: The attorney for the family of John Crawford III is now speaking to the media.
Attorney Michael Wright said: "We need Mike DeWine to refer this case to the Department of Justice. Not to a special prosecutor."
Wright said Crawford did nothing wrong in Walmart. "Nothing more, nothing less than shopping."
Wright, who has seen store surveillance video of the shooting incident, said Crawford was shot while talking on the phone, holding the butt of the gun with the barrel pointed at the floor.
He said Crawford was "shot on sight" in a "militaristic" response."

It sounds like they're disputing the cops told him to drop the gun. I doubt Walmart has audio.

Law firm sues Goodsports for non-payment for work on Huber Heights project attached to music boondoggle.

When you're a socialist, you might as well shut down interstates on the busiest weekend of the year because you won't lose any money.

Water main break on North Dixie.

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Huber Heights to spend another $700,000 taxpayer dollars.

"Huber Heights officials are closing in on a 50-year agreement with Key-Ads that would result in a digital billboard along Interstate 70 on the site of the city’s $18 million music center — a project estimated to cost $700,000.
The 65-foot-high digital gateway feature would be built just to the west of the music center, and the city would finance the project, city officials said.
Construction could begin as soon as May and take about two months to complete, assistant city manager Scott Falkowski said. The city anticipates that naming rights for city-owned facilities and on-site advertisements will pay for the debt service, which is projected to be $50,000 a year for 20 years.
On-site advertisements would be for the music center, GoodSports’ fieldhouse/hotel and the outlot. GoodSports also could negotiate with the city for space on the sign.

“We’re projecting it pays for itself,” Falkowski said."

You would think Huber Heights is rolling in dough. When do they forecast something won't pay for itself?

Obama hack begs for support to steal more money.

"The Interstate 75 project through downtown Dayton is currently under budget and ahead of schedule, but U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told Dayton-area leaders Monday that future projects are at risk because the Highway Trust Fund is nearly empty.
Foxx stopped in Dayton as part of a multi-city bus tour, urging Americans to call their senators and congressmen and ask them to commit to a four-year $302 billion transportation funding bill."

Politics.

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Local state representative charged with 53 plus 16 corruption counts.

Car crashes into former Heat Nightclub.

Substitute teacher and tutor found guilty of child porn.

I-75 repairs after car crashes into pothole.

Dayton to raze 473 homes.

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Another crash in I-75 construction.

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In more proof how statist Dayton has become, Obama lauds "Welcome Dayton" program.

Another school bomb threat. A second threat at a school today.

The DDN hides the location of a crash that shut down north I-75. This story mentions Timber Lane, which is north of construction.

I've seen an unusual number of stink bugs lately. I'm not alone. Population exploding.

Apparently Dayton gives so many votes to Obama that he didn't shut down three local parks that receive federal funds.

Wittenberg talk refutes drone warfare propaganda.

"“Drones have not been able to reduce the capacity of these terrorist groups at all,” said Rafia Zakaria, the first Pakistani-American woman to serve as a director for Amnesty International USA."

It's long been known that air warfare cannot win a war. Drone warfare is air warfare, but much more limited. It seems to me that drone warfare promotes terrorism because, for each person the drone warriors kills, they make a half dozen enemies.

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Another I-75 crash near Route 4. When I wrote my I-75 story, David Ley told me the ramp from I-75 to Route 4 was scheduled to be completed in July 2013. It's not completed. It doesn't look like it's started.

Police send HazMat crew for dirty diaper.

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I had no idea John Boehner's political district ran from Westchester in a "C" shaped formation around Dayton to include Troy, Piqua and Springfield. It seems odd that a man from Tipp City would be in his district, but I applaud the man for challenging Obama's biggest ally in the House.

Band director pleads guilty to having sex with students.

I-75 wreck just before construction.

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Miami Twp. central planning Austin Landing. This idea that developers have to ask permission for their plans to develop their own property is outrageous.

Female teacher sentenced for sex with student.

Bomb threat at another local school.

Sinclair pushes forward with hopeful drone program.

Rob Scott forced to resign as Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman.

New development proposed in Middletown. Let's see if Middletown's central planners screw this up.

How is lack of banks in west Dayton a dispute? I understand it could be a problem for people in west Dayton who want banks, but that's not a dispute. PNC owns its branches. It can close them if it wants.

Crash closes northbound I-75 at Main.

Huber Heights selects contractor for $18 million music boondoggle. The timing seems odd since they broke ground, ceremonially at least, in May.