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Joseph Patak, CONSERVATIVE Candidate For Kettering Council, Boasts That A Crackpot Propagandist — David Barton — “Is One Of My Heroes”

by Mike Bock | Oct 26, 2021 | Local/Metro

Joseph Patak is seeking election to the Kettering City Council and he has signs all over town declaring that he is CONSERVATIVE. His Facebook record reveals that he is not an Eisenhower or Reagan conservative, however, but, in fact, identifies with people and ideas...

For Kettering City Council — “At Large” Positions — I Am Voting For Jacque Fisher and Jyl Hall

by Mike Bock | Oct 25, 2021 | Local/Metro

In this election, two candidates will be elected to serve on the Kettering City Council. I am voting for Jyl Hall and I am voting for Jacque Fisher —  the incumbent first elected in 2017 There are three candidates for the two “at-large” positions. I sent...

My Snowball Viburnum Is Blooming And It Is Magnificent

by Mike Bock | May 7, 2021 | Local/Metro

Wow. This bush get better every year. I bought it about twenty years ago from Siebenthaler’s. It produces such spectacular blooms. It is a Chinese Snowball Viburnum. Siebenthaler no longer carries them for sale. Last year a friend who wanted to find this variety...

Would The Democratic Party Be Improved If The Leaders Of The Party Were Chosen By Rank Choice Voting?

by Mike Bock | Dec 18, 2020 | Local/Metro

I always check out Esrati’s website. In his newest post — Why our political candidates generally suck — David advocates that there be a change in the Dayton Charter so that Dayton City Commissioners are elected through rank choice voting.  Esrati writes: “We are...

The Mission To Flip OSD-06 — Valiant, But A Failure. We Need A DeBriefing: “What Went Right, What Didn’t, and Why”

by Mike Bock | Dec 17, 2020 | Local/Metro

Ohio Senate District 06 had a great candidate in Democrat Mark Fogel — a 40 year old graduate of Air Force Academy who served as a jet pilot for the Air Force — and it looked like Fogel had a great chance of flipping this Republican district. Fogel was very qualified,...

It’s October 30 And My Dahlias Are Still Blooming — In Dayton Ohio — But Some Claim That Frost Is Coming

by Mike Bock | Oct 30, 2020 | Local/Metro

Wow, this might be a record. My dahlia plants are still alive and still producing new flowers here at the end of October. I’m seeing it as a positive sign of something positive. I was telling a friend on the phone that it’s wonderful and unusual that my...
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