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Mayor candidates disagree on housing, surveillance
The three candidates for Dayton mayor agreed on the importance of a lively downtown and backed the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns at a candidate forum Tuesday night, but they were slightly at odds on housing strategies, aerial surveillance and other issues.Current Mayor Gary Leitzell, City Commissioner Nan Whaley and ...
Dayton sees revenue drop in first quarter
Income and property tax revenues have shrunk in the city of Dayton the first part of the year, causing some concern for city leaders. At a Wednesday briefing to City Commission, director of management and budget Barbara LaBrier said Dayton’s general fund revenue was down $2.5 million from the same ...
Guide to May 2013 election
Election guide: Find more on the Dayton mayor and city commission candidates on our online election guide at daytondailynews.com/go/vote. The complete guide also has information on candidates and issues facing voters in the eight surrounding counties. Candidate websites: Garyleitzell.com, AJwagnerformayor.com, Nanwhaley.com. All three also have campaign Facebook pages that can ...
For Dayton mayor, focus is on the positive
Incumbent mayor Gary Leitzell spent less time talking about specific milestones the city could reach in the next 10 years, and more time focused on how promotion, marketing and other steps could make Dayton known as a progressive city. “The biggest thing we need to change is people’s attitudes and ...
Wagner’s aim: Clean up neighborhoods
When asked for a plan for Dayton’s future, former judge A.J. Wagner had two topics at the front of his mind. “There’s no question that in a difficult jobs market you want to make jobs No. 1, but I’ve really made No. 1 the housing issues, because if we’re really ...
Candidates offer visions for Dayton’s future
What is the key to making the city of Dayton successful in the next 10 years and beyond? What steps should the city take now to make sure it gets there? The Dayton Daily News asked the city’s three mayoral candidates those questions this week, and got three visions for ...
Education, jobs among Whaley’s issues
City Commissioner Nan Whaley chose four issues when asked about her vision for Dayton’s next 10 years — developing a vibrant urban core, improving educational outcomes, growing the high-tech jobs base and eliminating neighborhood blight.Whaley said the mayor should work closely with Dayton Public Schools, but she said the mayor ...
City rejects use of surveillance planes
The city of Dayton has decided not to conduct aerial surveillance for police purposes, City Manager Tim Riordan announced at Wednesday’s City Commission meeting.“While we believe there are real potential benefits to the strategic application of this technology, we heard enough confusion over how it would be applied to concern ...
UpDayton holds annual summit Friday
UpDayton, a group that aims to spur economic growth in the Dayton region by attracting and retaining young talent, will hold its annual summit Friday at the Dayton Art Institute. This year’s summit will be divided into three “challenges” on the topics of community livability, campus connections and entrepreneurship, according ...
Day of achievement turns to nightmare for local runners
Several dozen Dayton-area runners began Monday nervous and excited about running in the 117th Boston Marathon, but ended the day confused and shaken after two explosions near the finish line left at least two people dead and dozens injured. “It was horrifying— two loud explosions that we all knew were ...
Housing proposal could boost Sinclair
Sinclair Community College officials say a privately owned 200-apartment development proposed just east of campus would complement parts of their campus master plan and potentially help them attract students. And just as Sinclair’s student body is a wide mix of fresh high school graduates and retraining adults, those students had ...
Converting old buildings to housing a challenge
The planned development of student housing at the Dayton Daily News’ Ludlow Street site matches a resource — Dayton’s large stock of historic, vacant buildings — with a clear need for more downtown housing. But city officials say if that model was simple to execute, these redevelopments would be everywhere. ...
$18M downtown Dayton project planned
An $18 million student housing complex is planned for downtown Dayton at the site of the former Dayton Daily News building and adjacent property, Cox Media Group Ohio announced Wednesday. Cox Media Group Ohio said it plans to sell the property to the nonprofit United Housing and Community Services Corporation ...
Speakers oppose aerial surveillance
Twenty-one people addressed Dayton city officials at a Tuesday night meeting about proposed aerial surveillance, and all 21 either opposed the program or called for tight controls on it.Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl, Assistant City Manager Shelley Dickstein and University of Dayton Research Institute official Larrell Walters explained the technology ...
Commission candidates talk about priorities
With four weeks to go until Dayton’s May 7 runoff votes, candidates for City Commission explained their platforms Monday night to the members of the McCook Field Neighborhood Association. Candidates David Esrati, David K. Greer and Joseph Lutz appeared in person, while candidates Joey Williams and Jeffrey Mims, who were ...
Aerial surveillance plan up for public scrutiny
Supporters and opponents of Dayton’s proposed aerial surveillance contract can learn more about the technology and express their opinions at a community meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Dayton City Hall.While many city leaders will be present, the session is not a City Commission meeting, and no vote on the ...
Mayor candidates offer solutions
The three candidates for Dayton mayor offered their solutions on crime, downtown development, neighborhoods and more Thursday for an upcoming episode of Channel 7’s public affairs program, WHIO Reports. Incumbent Mayor Gary Leitzell is being challenged in the May 7 runoff vote by former judge and county auditor A.J. Wagner, ...
City to demolish buildings near airport
Two prominent, vacant buildings on the access road to Dayton International Airport will be demolished this year as part of continuing efforts to remove costly, unused structures at the airport. The former ASET Corp. building and the former US Airways reservations center sit at the lone traffic light intersection on ...
Court denies Pace spot on Dayton City Commission ballot
Ohio’s Second District Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied William Pace’s request for a writ of mandamus that would have placed him on the May 7 ballot as a Dayton City Commission candidate. Pace exceeded Dayton’s requirement of having 500 valid signatures, but he failed to sign the “acceptance of ...
Tax rates vary widely in region
Local tax rates vary dramatically by community, so much so that a family owning a $100,000 home and making $60,000 per year in Oakwood or Trotwood will pay $2,000 more each year in local taxes than if they lived and worked in Beavercreek or Clearcreek Twp. Government and school leaders ...
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