The Gem City Dude A’writes

I wasn’t 100% sure when I filed if I wanted to run for commissioner or mayor yet, although you can read my reasoning for why I chose the latter in another blog post on here about why I’m running . The same petition though is used for commissioner and mayoral races. The confusion has now been eliminated, however, and I am officially running for mayor. My treasurer is my friend and neighbor, Jack Aicher, and my committee is called Friends of Gem City Dudeist Priest Archie Magee. But, I do want to talk for a minute about how difficult it is to run for Dayton city commissioner. The Dayton democrat establishment has made it difficult on purpose, and that is something that should be changed. In order to run you have to have five people on your committee, something that is unique to Dayton. You also have to get 500 valid signatures. My understanding is that if you wanted to run for county commissioner, that number would only be 50. That is absurd. It is clearly a blatant attempt to stifle com...

By Archie Magee, candidate for Dayton mayor, brought to you by Friends of Gem City Dudeist Priest Archie Magee. Author's Note: This post is about the agenda that has come out for today's city commission meeting on 12/18/24 at 6PM at Dayton City Hall. Commission meetings take place at: 6:00 p.m. on the first, third, and fifth Wednesday of the month , and 8:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month . Happy Festivus, Commissioners, In the spirit of my favorite holiday, Festivus , I'm here to air my grievances about many of the items that are in tonight's agenda , because I got a lot problems with it and now you’re gonna hear about them.  My first problem is with your contract with someone out in California to become a Human Rights City. First of all, it's pretty bold that you all are paying a California consultant to help you tell the outside world how amazing you are at human rights. Meanwhile, you're also in the news for arresting people for fee...

I don’t know about you, but I love Dayton. I was born here and spent my youth coming here from Xenia so often for one thing or another that I figured I might as well move here, especially after the Dayton craft beer boom. I’ve lived in Walnut Hills and Belmont (now), and I’ve always loved my neighbors. I haven’t, however, always loved our local government.  You may wonder why… and honestly there are far too many reasons to include in just one blog post. But as someone who has worked for Dayton Power & Light (as a meter reader), Dayton Public Schools (as a PBIS Coach) and the City of Dayton’s Mediation Center (as a mediation specialist), I have a lot of experience working in and for the people of Dayton already, and I’ve learned a lot about their resilience, creativity, inventiveness, and what Dayton Strong truly means. As a meter reader, I learned the city’s geography (intimately) and what public services delivery looked like in other parts of town. At Dayton Public Schools I l...