Author Archives: Mike Bock

Kettering Superintendent’s Claim About Teachers Paying More For Health Insurance Is Misleading

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Mike Bock

Kettering is seeking approval for a 4.9 mill school tax levy in this November’s election. A big part of School Superintendent Jim Schoenlein’s pitch to voters, urging support for the levy, is that teachers have agreed to a one year … Continue reading →

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Kettering School Leaders Are Unwise To Vilify Citizens Who Oppose The 4.9 Mill School Tax Levy

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Mike Bock

This letter, sent to Kettering Middle School parents, dated September 21, urging support for Kettering’s 4.9 mill school tax levy, was signed by Board President Jim Trent and Superintendent Jim Schoenlein. I wrote this e-mail to Dr. Schoenlein as a … Continue reading →

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Strickland Challenges Locals To Work Enthusiastically To Elect Democrats This Year’s Election

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Mike Bock

Governor Ted Strickland arrived in a large campaign bus at the Montgomery County Democratic Headquarters in downtown Dayton this morning to be greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of local Democrats. There were maybe 150 people in attendance. State Senator Fred … Continue reading →