To Lift Debt Ceiling, Mike Turner Calls On Biden To Negotiate And Make Concessions, Says The House Has Already Voted To Raise Debt Limit

by Mike Bock | May 10, 2023 | Local/Metro

  Congressman Turner recently appeared on CNN’s “State of the Nation.” I’m disappointed that my representative in the US House, on the matter of raising the debt ceiling,  took a harsh partisan stance and loyally pushed the party line. Turner, in his actions and...

Dear Neighbors: This Election Is Not About Personalities — It is About Stopping A Dangerous Republican Party

by Mike Bock | Nov 3, 2022 | Local/Metro

I have prepared a letter, 647 words, one page both sides — lots of information that I hope is not too much to be read. My goal is to print this one page and to distribute it to the voters in my precinct — Kettering 4-K. This is what it says: Dear Neighbors In Precinct...

Why I’m Voting For Steve Abshire For Juvenile Court Judge — Disregarding The Democratic Party Endorsement Of Julie Bruns

by Mike Bock | Oct 6, 2022 | Local/Metro

Yesterday, I received in the mail the flyer sent by the Montgomery County Democratic Party urging Democrats to vote for the candidates the Party endorsed for judge. I am an elected member of the Montgomery County Democratic Party Central Committee but in the contest...

Rather Than Working For Unity, The Montgomery County Democratic Party Rejects Democratic Primary Voters And Chooses Revenge Against One Of Its Own

by Mike Bock | Sep 30, 2022 | Local/Metro

Very disappointing meeting last night of the Montgomery County Democratic Party Executive Meeting. The party leadership extracted revenge on David Esrati, refusing to endorse Esrati as the Democratic Party candidate for the US Congress to represent this district...

Angry Words And Accusations At The Elephant In The Room Conclude Local Democratic Party Meeting

by Mike Bock | Jul 29, 2022 | Local/Metro

At the conclusion of our MCDP meeting last night — after the proposed MCDP Constitution was approved with almost zero change — Casey Whitten-Amadon was given the microphone and after a slow and conciliatory-sounding beginning, launched an angry denunciation of the...