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The difficulty of talking law in plain English to Judges
In Montgomery County, Ohio, Clerk of Courts Mike Foley pled no contest to a felony, was sentenced, and still kept his pu…
7 Million reasons why Sheriff Streck should be facing charges alongside his ill-trained staff of killers
Montgomery County’s $7 million settlement in the death of Christian Black exposes a jail culture of neglect, cruelty, …
The culture of corruption is alive and well in Montgomery County
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a removal action against Miami Township Fiscal Officer Robert Matthews after h…
Why This Should Matter to Everyone: The Case for a Public Integrity Officer
Ohio’s election system makes it easier to run for coroner or county engineer than it does for an independent citizen t…
The Ultimate Insult to Ohio Voters: The Boards of (S)elections
Ohio’s Boards of Elections are supposed to protect democracy, but in practice they act more like “Boards of (S)elect…
When Justice Is Too Expensive for Citizens (Yet Cheap for the Powerful)
Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion’s latest filing in the Michael Foley Quo Warranto case attacks me as “self-indulgent,…
When politicians cost you money
Dayton Public Schools just beat back a state law cooked up by Phil Plummer and Tom Young that would have punished only M…
If there is no news in it, is it still a “newspaper”
The Dayton Daily News has become a shadow of a real newspaper—short on resources, institutional knowledge, and timely …
All the news you don’t get anywhere else- briefly
Esrati.com once again scooped Dayton’s local media, exposing who will take the fall for Montgomery County Jail’s fai…
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