Dayton Daily News finally ACKNOWLEDGES TURNER HAS COMPETITION
One of the better articles about a race that I've been a part of. Front page today, below the fold. My comments: “Turner’s voting record hardly qualifies him as a “moderate republican.” He has a 92.9% Trump Score. As to the Party not endorsing me- that’s because I call out criminal behavior by both parties. I’m an equal opportunity critic. My position on gun ownership was simplified- I believe that to own semi-automatic weapons, you must be part of a “Well regulated militia” as per the 2nd...
Does the Democratic Party care about winning elections?
The Ohio Democratic Party finally responded to an email I sent. It wasn’t on letterhead. It's undated (attached in an Email to me from John Tannous, "Party Affairs Director, ODP" dated 8/30/22, 6:36 PM) They claim they aren’t a public entity that has to follow the Ohio Sunshine Laws (really? Because, real democrats believe in sunshine). I’m not on...
Turner’s 27 Billionaire donors
Update: 17 Oct 2022. Turner added an additional 8 Billionaires to his donor list bringing the total to 27. I still, do not even know a billionaire. We haven't been able to analyze the WinRed individual donors yet- there may be more. Last cycle, he received 89% of his donations from out of state and the average is $1,6422.91He had backing from 45 PACS. I have 1- Sherrod Browns. Billionaires: each gave maximum cycle donation of $2,900 Leonart Blavatnik, worth $28.5B Access Industries Ann L...
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ESRATI ANNOUNCES REVOLUTIONARY GUN CONTROL PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO STANDARD POLITICAL HALF-STEPS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 Jun 2022 CONTACT:David Esrati 937.985.1312 Dayton, Ohio – David Esrati, Democratic Congressional Candidate for Ohio's 10th District, has proposed legislation to utilize the equal protections clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution to remove gun bans from Federal building and Government facilities, including airports, unless the bans are equally...
Tom Archdeacon writes about the veteran I’m honored to take care of
John ‘Sully’ Sullivan can see his future again Tom Archdeacon “I wasn’t taking my meds as prescribed and I’d been drinking and I’d lost it,” John “Sully” Sullivan quietly recalled Friday afternoon. “I was suicidal. I wanted to end my own life and I’d thought of doing it with my car. Just hitting a viaduct or a light pole.” According to a recent Veterans Administration study, 20 veterans a day die by suicide. But before he joined those statistics, a flicker of sanity redirected Sullivan: “I...
Esrati Platform
Positions As a junior congressman, I won’t have a lot of power to introduce legislation, but I will tell you the things I will support. I will always come down on the side of open, honest, transparent government of the highest integrity. I will work for the people, not the people with money. And I will work with anyone dedicated to making the following things a reality: To me, there are two things that need to happen to fix America. Establishment candidates won't talk about these things...
Dayton Daily News finally acknowledges Democratic Congressional primary a week before the primary
No candidates nights, no forums, no debates, no candidates nights. There are four candidates running to take on Mike Turner in November for Ohio 10. Reporter Parker Perry called last week and said they were just going from the "questionnaires they sent out" and was looking for a photo. I shamed him for his lack of initiative and told him that's no way to write a story. Hence, my minimal coverage is not like the others. This story ran on Tuesday 26 April, exactly 1 week before the primary- and...
It’s time for political donor registration
The huge push of the Republican party over the last decade has been to make voter registration more difficult, expensive, and controlled- you know, so there can't be any "voter fraud" or "stolen elections." When was the last time you heard about doing the same to the people who actually buy the politicians they want in office? What about them? As it stands now, there is no registration process for political donors- no certification, no government ID required, no way to truly tell if the money...
Montgomery County Democratic Party 2022 Screening Questionnaire for Congress
I went to speak at the MCDP screening committee last night. I didn't print 50 copies- but instead distributed a link and a QR Code to this post. I didn't see any interest by the committee in looking at it. The post published at 6:44pm just before my assigned time- but they were at least 15 minutes late. Montgomey County Judicial candidate Angie Jackson preceded me, Jacqueline V. Gaines showed up while I was waiting, and Tony Schoen was there when I left. There are 6 candidates for Judge of the...
End Corporate Welfare
Tax dollars are supposed to pay for infrastructure, public services, community resources. Unfortunately, our local politicians believe that by subsidizing private businesses it's in the public interest. It's not. We need to ban this practice of "economic development" nationally. It's not fair for the minimum wage worker to pay taxes so that a CEO making millions can make more. Read more in the category "Economic Development in Dayton OH" Or just one post: "Dayton's number one priority for...