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“You can’t make this crazy stuff up.”Dan Edwards, former TV news anchor turned taxpayer-funded PR man for Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley in his email to the press including Foley’s “Murder Threat Press Release” When the county’s communications office starts sounding like late-night satire, you know something’s off.Edwards, once a familiar face on […]

Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley is now spinning conspiracy theories instead of facing the law. I’m still waiting for the courts to do their job, while he weaponizes the media and files baseless restraining orders. This isn’t about danger; it’s about desperation. The only thing I’m armed with is persistence, and the truth.

The Dayton Education Association (DEA) recently endorsed candidates for the Dayton Public Schools Board and took the rare step of issuing a vote of “no confidence” in current board president Chrisondra?Goodwine — a move usually reserved for superintendents or treasurers. Goodwine, whose family background and current roles are heavily criticized in this piece, is portrayed as undermining governance, hiring board members in questionable roles, and prioritizing self-interest over student outcomes. The article calls out the lack of financial commitment by the DEA to its endorsed slate, contends that a merger of under-performing districts could save overhead, and urges supporters to donate to a mailing campaign via Reconstructing Dayton to raise awareness of what the author considers the chaotic state of the school board. staging.esrati.com/ highlighs concerns about conflict of interest, board dysfunction, and the need for greater accountability in Dayton area education governance.

Ohio Auditor Keith Faber wants to be Attorney General — but after his office dropped seven corruption charges against Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley, it’s clear he’s unfit for the job. Here’s how his “crack legal team” turned justice into a joke.

In Montgomery County, Ohio, Clerk of Courts Mike Foley pled no contest to a felony, was sentenced, and still kept his public paycheck. When the prosecutor and attorney general refused to act, citizen David Esrati filed a quo warranto case to force his removal. Now the Second District Court of Appeals has asked him to brief “standing,” raising the bigger question: if the law says convicted felons cannot hold office, why is Foley still in power?