Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley pleaded no contest to two criminal charges—then tried to walk it back. De…
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David Esrati
The high cost of keeping Dayton’s Culture of Corruption in power
Dayton’s political machine keeps humming—propped up by no-bid contracts, incestuous hires, secretive elections, and …
And the next Ohio Democratic Party chair will be…
Who will lead Ohio’s Democratic Party—and will it finally matter?
From insider politics and shady endorsements to tw…
Can Mike Foley really be that stupid?
Montgomery County Recorder Lori Kennedy just hired Clerk of Courts Mike Foley’s 19-year-old daughter—while Foley is …
We Don’t Hate Government. We Hate Waste.
Ohio is drowning in outdated bureaucracy, duplicate jurisdictions, and unaccountable shadow agencies. It’s time to con…
Emergency for Whom? Inside Dayton’s Latest Dirty Deal
Dayton’s latest emergency ordinance fast-tracks the $1.4M purchase of two crumbling downtown properties from political…
Why the new police station downtown is a rush job
Dayton’s plan for a new downtown police station raises serious questions about backroom deals, inflated costs, and pol…
JAIL FAIL: The Murder of Christian Black
The death of Christian Black in the Montgomery County Jail exposes a deadly pattern of abuse, negligence, and incompeten…
Wright Patt Credit Union Online banking broke last week
Last week, WPCU had an online banking failure. Mobile deposits seem to have vanished from my account. This is an ongoing…
Karen Wick and the Dayton Daily News can’t tell you the truth. Esrati.com can.
In this exclusive post, Esrati.com exposes how Dayton City Commission candidate Karen Wick lied about her age — a fact…

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