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Court upholds ban on residency rules
In a 5-2 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday, June 10, ruled that a 2006 state law banning residency restrictions is constitutional.
Cities such as Dayton have long required their employees to live within the city limits as a condition of employment. In 2006, the General Assembly passed a law banning local jurisdictions from imposing residency requirements. Cities, including Dayton, Toledo, Akron, Lima and Cleveland, challenged the law, saying it violated cities’ home rule authority to self-governance.
The court decided the Akron and Lima cases on Wednesday. The other cases, including Dayton’s, had been held pending Wednesday’s decision but it’s expected the court will apply the Akron-Lima decision to those cases.
Dayton City Manager Rashad Young said he is disappointed in today’s Supreme Court ruling.
Young said the city has always considered residency a home-rule issue and because of that disagrees with the Supreme Court ruling today. The city is reviewing the ruling currently and will have a press conference at 2:30 p.m. at City Hall after city leaders have had a chance to read the entire ruling.
Justice Judith Lanzinger and Chief Justice Thomas Moyer dissented. Lanzinger wrote that the court was opening the door for the General Assembly to possibly “eviscerate municipal home rule.”
Joanne Huist Smith contributed to this story.
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By whysolong?
June 14, 2009 7:56 PM | Link to this
I don’t understand how she got the position she did. Not to say I told you so but, “I told you so” McLin needs to GO!By The Chief
June 11, 2009 9:29 PM | Link to this
Years ago Dayton lost its’ tax base. What was left was an entitlement populace whose job candidates couldn’t qualify for employment due to felony convictions, failure to pass drug screening and substandard scores on the written exam. Instead of lowering standards now Dayton has a broader base of qualified job applicants to meet the job requirements. Other cities in the area don’t have residency requirements. Come on Dayton, join the 21st. century of qulified candidatesBy gallipolis
June 11, 2009 6:30 PM | Link to this
Now that the court has ruled..What is HR department going to do?By vic
June 11, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this
Let me clear the fuzziness for you! A worker residing in the city pay’s property tax (even if they rent), increasing city revenue (even if it’s mostly for schools). A city resident supports the local economy to a larger degree than a commuter, which increases tax revenues. It only takes a freshmen (high school) economics class to understand that if numerous well-paid workers leave our city there will be a significant loss in tax receipts by that city which pays your salary. If this happens budget challenges will force cuts, which means you may be cutting your own job by moving out of the city. I will also say that if you are charged with a position involving the improvement of you community you should put your butt were your job is, thus motivating you to do better because you are personally effected if you fail.By Alice
June 11, 2009 2:50 PM | Link to this
I am sure that there are plenty of talented candidates that never had any chance at getting hired for a city job because they didn’t have the right connection and would be eager to move to Dayton in exchange for a decent job. If you hate your community so much that you can’t live in it, give someone else a chance that actually wants to make Dayton a better place. How ironic that the people managing and conducting the business of Dayton are so eager to trash the managing and the conducting of business in Dayton. Your continued employment as a city employee is a part of the problem with Dayton and you only want to reap the benefits at the expense of Dayton and those that choose to live there.By Alice
June 11, 2009 2:28 PM | Link to this
“When you have so many years invested in your career and retirement, you can’t just quit” How about the investment that you should have been putting into your community, especially when that community provided you with that career and retirement?By Moepee
June 11, 2009 1:49 PM | Link to this
I don’t understand the fuzzy math. As a city worker, we are paying income taxes to the city of dayton. The residency rule doesn’t change that.By Staying and Fighting
June 11, 2009 1:33 PM | Link to this
Many of us who live in the city and do our individual parts to make things better here feel no more confident about our city’s leadership than the rest of you. But it is even worse to hear all of the city-bashing, as if there was nothing at all here worth saving. Yes, Dayton has most definitely seen better days but there are many things here worth fighting for, and many people staying to keep up the fight. It would be great to have more people from throughout the region show their support - together we can take this city back from the incompetent fools at city hall, clean up the streets, quit pandering to the bums who live off of our taxes and make this city great once more. Say what you will about this city’s crappy leaders, but please don’t lump all of the rest of us into your critiques.By Vic
June 11, 2009 1:21 PM | Link to this
For all of you applauding this ruling what happens to your job when the city coffers lose money from an exodus of employees? The tax-base will shrink and so will your jobs and or salary!!! Sometimes we don’t fully analyze the unintended consequences.By padraig
June 11, 2009 12:14 PM | Link to this
So if everyone thinks that Mayor McHat is worthless how did she unseat the competent Mike Turner and why does she continue to win this election after being appointed her State Rep. job from her deceased father? Time for new blood, throw the law-breaking idiots out of office for violating City of Dayton employees’ civil right to live wherever they desire.By Free Man
June 11, 2009 8:04 AM | Link to this
Cops are above the law, or so they think and act. Only a person with a mental deficit wants to grow up get a gun, badge, night stick, car with sirens and a SS style uniform. No cops in my family only doctors and nurses.By Guns & Roses & Ammo
June 10, 2009 10:31 PM | Link to this
some of us can’t move, but are eager to employ the “castle doctrine”. the cops will try to muscle their way into the drug action, and the city will try to impose a gun ban. look out for what follows.By dixiechickbs
June 10, 2009 8:42 PM | Link to this
We are so out of this hole! The bank can have our house. Foreclosures only stay on your credit for 7 years. We’ll buy a new house then!By srbrwn
June 10, 2009 7:14 PM | Link to this
Finally I am so pleased about the ruling. Lots of people have been unjustly terminated from employment, not because of work performance but because of where the lived.By Told you so
June 10, 2009 7:07 PM | Link to this
I sort of like NCR’s residency rule. “We are moving to Georgia and you can kiss our a#$ when we leave.By Told you so
June 10, 2009 7:06 PM | Link to this
I sort of like NCR’s residency rule. “We are moving to Georgia and you can kiss our a#$ when we leave.By WARNING: YOU ARE PAST HE BUOY
June 10, 2009 4:59 PM | Link to this
THE WATERS YOU ARE ENTERING ARE EXTREMELY DEEP – PACK YOUR LIFE JACKET – AND GRAB A LIFE BOATBy Okay, most of you on here will
June 10, 2009 4:53 PM | Link to this
agree that Mayor McLin is HORRIBLE and, if what you claim is correct - that she lives in Trotwood - then that would further prove my case, that those who want to be city workers should be required to live in the city that they are responsible for maintaining – CASE CLOSED.By buzz
June 10, 2009 4:45 PM | Link to this
First … “Informed” is not the state of thinking something is the case, it’s a fact of knowing. Those who are truly “informed” KNOW whereas the mayor may OWN property in Wright-Dunbar, she actually resides in Trotwood with her “life partner”.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxBy No, Pooh Bear, it is
June 10, 2009 4:42 PM | Link to this
a law of unintended consequences. (You may want to look that up).By Thomas
June 10, 2009 4:42 PM | Link to this
Uh, no, the Mayor has a house in Dayton, but its pretty much common knowledge that she actually lives in Trotwood.By the difference, buzz, is that
June 10, 2009 4:38 PM | Link to this
you work for ME! Do you get that!!?? Don’t worry, your President doesn’t either. City employees are just overpaid Community Organizers.By Pooh bear
June 10, 2009 4:26 PM | Link to this
So prostitutes are responsible for Dayton schools being crap? Some of you people aren’t very smart…By Daytonian
June 10, 2009 4:25 PM | Link to this
Now that residency is no longer a burden, maybe the City can get real about privatizing services such as paramedic services and contracted with the Sheriff for police services. City employees have been overpaid because of residency.By buzz
June 10, 2009 4:25 PM | Link to this
One final thought … I hope those who would choose to prevent others from living wherever they (and their families) want, all the while enjoying their own right to live wherever they want … live right in the middle of two city employees who now are preparing to move.By Daytonian
June 10, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this
As most informed people know, the Mayor lives in Wright-Dunbar.By Nice try on the election play Ms. McLin
June 10, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this
In case you aren’t aware, McLin has competition this year. Her competition is supported in large by city employees who would like to move out of Dayton, yet govern YOU! Btw - MCLIN, you weren’t getting their vote anyway.By Nice try election play Ms. McLin
June 10, 2009 4:19 PM | Link to this
In case you aren’t aware, McLin has competition this year. Her competition is supported in large by city employees who would like to move out of Dayton, yet govern YOU! Btw - MCLIN, you weren’t getting their vote anyway.By dtnjim um - Strickland is the
June 10, 2009 4:14 PM | Link to this
governor of the ENTIRE state of Ohio. Therefore, he DOES live in the capital, COLUMBUS! City employees are responsible for the horrible state of this city! If they (judges, DA’s office, cops, elected officials, etc.) had done their job LOCKING UP DRUG DEALERS, PROSTITUTES, THIEVES AND THUGS, ETC., city employees would not have to worry about the dysfunctional schools and city now would they!!??By woody
June 10, 2009 4:12 PM | Link to this
Be a little more responsible, and a little less like the those who represent what appear to all as a failed exercise in a high school civics/government class on Wednesday mornings, and think before you speak.By woody
June 10, 2009 4:05 PM | Link to this
Exactly what “effort” is it that you put forth is my question. They are required to risk their lives in neighborhoods in which they weren’t even allowed to live … until now!By Homie 1
June 10, 2009 4:03 PM | Link to this
I would like a settlement of around $18,000 to $25,000 for the money I lost since the inception of the 2006 law. The law stated that they could not impose residency on its employees as a condition of employment.By woody
June 10, 2009 4:00 PM | Link to this
To those who say “put in more effort … and stop complaining”. Some city employees risk their lives everytime they walk through the door at work.By BH
June 10, 2009 3:56 PM | Link to this
I AM RETIRED. I NEVER LIVED OR WORKED IN DAYTON. I HAVE NO SKIN IN THE GAME. QUESTION. HOW CAN THE MAYOR LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY?By BH
June 10, 2009 3:56 PM | Link to this
I AM RETIRED. I NEVER LIVED OR WORKED IN DAYTON. I HAVE NO SKIN IN THE GAME. QUESTION. HOW CAN THE MAYOR LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY?By Happy
June 10, 2009 3:21 PM | Link to this
No one makes me live in the city. I love it! Try putting more effort into positive projects than complaining.By guitarsteve
June 10, 2009 2:53 PM | Link to this
As far as the citizens voting FOR residency? That was a joke. If I had the space I could explain how the city fathers and residency supporters manipulated that vote to work in their favor. And the DDN and the Chairman of the committee to keep residency both soonafter moved their businesses out of the city like big hippocrites!manipulated the isBy dtnjim
June 10, 2009 2:51 PM | Link to this
B; good for you. Fedup; um, the governors mansion is in Bexley, a suburb of C-bus. Yes the citizens voted for this requirement, but that was more than 20 yrs ago, look at how the living conditions in the city have changed since then. I have no doubts that the employees will continue to do their very best at their jobs. They just have a bigger reason to be happy employees now!By KB
June 10, 2009 2:46 PM | Link to this
I can’t wait to move out! Thank you Supreme Court!!!By guitarsteve
June 10, 2009 2:45 PM | Link to this
I retired from the City of Dayton after 26 years, and found mayor McLin to have a good heart, she just didn’t make the wisest decisions. The residency rule has cost employees many thousands of dollars in lost property value and/or sending their kids to private schools. Yes, we new of residency reqirements when we were hired, but as you age, you change, as does the city. When you have so many years invested in your career and retirement, you can’t just quit, and you feel condemned to live your life in an undesirable location.I hope now the City will choose to start treating their employees with respect. dollarsBy FreedomWriter
June 10, 2009 2:09 PM | Link to this
I wonder if mayor McHat can finally see the writing on the wall. I doubt she`ll be able to read it thru those blurry eyes anyways. I believe its a good daywhen people are allowed to have the right to choose once again..By B
June 10, 2009 2:09 PM | Link to this
you are right, i knew when i took the job that i had to live there, and i have lived there ever since! But now that I don’t have to live there anymore, please excuse me while i finish filling out my change of address form!!By painfultruth
June 10, 2009 1:58 PM | Link to this
The DDN took down my first post. Evidently, they didn’t like my comment about Mayor McHat. Too bad. Now, she has lost her power over forcing people to live in the “Sewer of Dayton”,By what?
June 10, 2009 1:36 PM | Link to this
B, are you a civil service employee?By Arnie
June 10, 2009 1:35 PM | Link to this
Vote in a Dayton resident for Mayor, Gary Leitzell in 2009. Get rid of the clown.By arniez
June 10, 2009 1:27 PM | Link to this
again… When you took the job with the city, you knew you had to live there…By B
June 10, 2009 1:19 PM | Link to this
Not only does the silly mayor live outside the city, city commissiner Joey Williams kids have always been in Kettering Schools!!! How is that possible? You think he lives in the city? Also I work at the airport, ya know- the one in VANDALIA…. i drive almost 20 miles each way to and from work….. d and in the 15 years I have worked there i have never once been on call or called to come in for an emergency!! Why should i not be allowed to live in Vandalia or Englewood etc… either one would be closer to where i actually work!! or does that not make any sense to you guys either?By Essick
June 10, 2009 1:18 PM | Link to this
Good for the employees. Who wants to live in Dayton or have their kids subjected to criminal indocrination?By William
June 10, 2009 1:16 PM | Link to this
Will the past person out of Dayton please turn off the lights? Seriously, the only people who will be left in town will be the crack heads and hookers.By and as far as paying taxes
June 10, 2009 1:15 PM | Link to this
I have no idea what that little itemized line “locale taxes” is on my check stub? Or where the heck that portion of my mortgage payment that goes into “escrow” is?By fedup
June 10, 2009 1:09 PM | Link to this
Well Mike, I guess you think Strickland should be able to move out of Columbus and Obama out of DC?By Mike
June 10, 2009 1:06 PM | Link to this
Heck the Mayor lives outside the city why cant we. As far as we are doomed comment your just pissed because the city employees are the only one’s paying taxes.By fedup
June 10, 2009 12:58 PM | Link to this
I am so disappointed in this ruling. I live in the City of Dayton and the cops here already act “above the law” or like they are too good. We are doomed.By G R
June 10, 2009 12:47 PM | Link to this
Worked for city fire in Cincinnati, all they did was make sure we lived in the county. It’s not all that bad if you like the county and it’s big enough.By Victor
June 10, 2009 12:46 PM | Link to this
Well it looks like I will get my unconstitutional firing addressed, now! I am amazed by the City’s position to refuse to abide by the State law. Fighting the law in court is ok, but follow the law while you do it.By whaler
June 10, 2009 12:24 PM | Link to this
Now Mr. Police officer you won’t lose ur job if you arrest Rhine Mclin for DWI and then take her home. We would’nt be in this mess if she was in jail and had no chance to run as Mayor again..By whaler
June 10, 2009 12:20 PM | Link to this
Yes the Mayor and City Commissioner Joey Williams live outside the city , there are no places in the city that you can live and send your kids to Kett.schools…By Chris
June 10, 2009 12:17 PM | Link to this
You guys should quit worrying about the airport costing you money because it is self supporting. Heck, the rest of the city should be doing so well. Does the Mayor really live outside of the city? Wow, that’s hard to believe.By Whaler
June 10, 2009 12:17 PM | Link to this
Now the city will be able to hire qualified minorities for Police and Fire now that they know they will not have to live there they will apply….By Jim
June 10, 2009 12:16 PM | Link to this
No problem! This merely enlarges Dayton’s talent pool. Economics will ultimately dictate where people live.By Todd
June 10, 2009 12:15 PM | Link to this
This will save the city, not doom it. Now the city can hire the best available candidate, not just the best person who is willing to live here! here,By Chris
June 10, 2009 12:10 PM | Link to this
If the Ohio Supreme Court says that Dayton’s residency rule was wrong, can a person who was fired in the past for moving out of the city, turn around and now sue the city for firing them, and win? Dayton should start thinking of its self as a small city and start to pull back its city limits and hope it can stay afloat in the times ahead. Good Luck Dayton, you’re going to need it. I wish you the best.By Me
June 10, 2009 12:06 PM | Link to this
I have heard that McLin has a house in Wright Dunbar but actually stays in Springboro….any truth to that?By Geo Schneider
June 10, 2009 11:56 AM | Link to this
Bill Nuti did the right thing to move the NCR Headquarters out of Dayton. Consider the airport advantage of direct flights worldwide. Think about the advantage Atlanta has on attracting talented employees. Unfortunately Bill Nuti, as city manager of Dayton could not move it. Dayton is in a death spiral, with its crime and inability to be competitive with the suburbs. Crime is on a rampage, I only go downtown when absolutely necessary.By bobby boe
June 10, 2009 11:44 AM | Link to this
last message chopped off. 30-40 jobs will be lost because no tracon was added. What has the City done, nothing. Its time for new leadershipBy Yeah McHat is here
June 10, 2009 11:43 AM | Link to this
I have been on all morning waiting to hear from the painful truth ;)By bobby boe
June 10, 2009 11:40 AM | Link to this
The City of Dayton is dead. The next to go is the airport. The wastful spending going on there irks me. Look at the 30,000,000 dollar tower going up. Did you know that 30-35 jobs will be lostBy I DON'T BLAME U
June 10, 2009 11:37 AM | Link to this
I grew-up in huber hts, bought my first house in Dayton/Jeffereson Twp-RUN AS FAST AS U CAN-from an African AericanBy dayton
June 10, 2009 11:34 AM | Link to this
mangers be smart quit wasting taxpayers money fighting a loosing battle get rid of the unhappy workers who want the money but don’t like youBy Fred L
June 10, 2009 11:33 AM | Link to this
I was born & raised in east Dayton, and also worked for the City. It was not always a crime zone, and was actually a nice place to be raised during the 50’s a 60’s. WE walked to school and high school, and had parks where we could play and not worry about gang bangers. I, like many others of my generation watched as a few select City leaders slowly destroyed Dayton. For all my friends still living in the City, I have a nice patio home on a golf course in Springboro for sale! Give me a call!By read the news
June 10, 2009 11:33 AM | Link to this
dayton- problem number one “managers” driving around in their hummers. Dayton has not filled vacant positions in police and fire-more and more essential services were eliminated, very equivilent to laying off.By dayton
June 10, 2009 11:28 AM | Link to this
no problem move out if dayton mangers were smart they would layoff, workers like everybody else does. who cares where you live, no money no jobs good luck on unemployment. everybody knows dayton is broke, so dayon do the right them layoff the excess laborBy Sally
June 10, 2009 11:25 AM | Link to this
I see there is a 2:30 press conference. I doubt if we will hear one intelligent word from mayor Mclin and her cohorts. Shame on Dayton residents for voting them into office.By Mark
June 10, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this
Good! All the REAL talent will stay in the suburbs, now.By Lee
June 10, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this
I always felf that was a good idea to work for the city you have to live in the city. That way decisions will be thought thru more because you know it will effect you as well. I wouldnt want people living in englewood, Springboro making city of dayton decisions and not giving a s#!t addddddddddddddddddddBy Larry
June 10, 2009 11:21 AM | Link to this
To KLx: Working in a private business with a commercial product is a different thing than public service, where the product is the community. You and I have very different opinions of the community and the schools. My children are both DPS graduates and both are honors students at highly-regarded universities.By poppawu
June 10, 2009 11:14 AM | Link to this
Yessss! This was the death nail for Dayton. Im no longer held hostage to live in Dayton. I liked my job, I hated my neighborhood. Now I can get that loft in the Greene that I always wanted. Goodbye downtown Dayton, you are gonna look like Lima or Flint, MI before it’s all over. to live in.By lifeindayton
June 10, 2009 11:14 AM | Link to this
Move. In a few years most of you will not have jobs, becuase there will not be enough people in Dayton to support your job.By Burb Dweller
June 10, 2009 11:06 AM | Link to this
I am glad city employees will finally have a choice where they reside. I would not live in Dayton or any major city with such CRIME. Good Luck!By Pimpin in 'da Hood...
June 10, 2009 11:05 AM | Link to this
I am sure that the city will waste more tax dollars and take this to the U.S. Supreme Court. Although I think that McClin is breathing a little easier these days, knowing that she can live peacefully in the humble aboads of Jefferson Twp.By i didn't vote for her
June 10, 2009 11:02 AM | Link to this
it is people like lifeindayton that make me want to run out of this city as fast as I can. GP said it all too well!! The city of dayton is not getting any better and if people started working 15 or 20 years ago and the quality of life has only gotten worse, then we certainly still shouldn’t be punishedBy Buzz Jones
June 10, 2009 11:02 AM | Link to this
NOW IF WE COULD JUST GET RID OF THE “FRIENDS AND FAMILY” HIRING PRACTICES THIS CITY JUST MIGHT TURN AROUND.By Hmmmmm...
June 10, 2009 11:01 AM | Link to this
The City of Dayton has some tough questions to answer about the $100,000 or more wasted investigating while this ruling was still PENDING…By BC
June 10, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this
Hey lifeindayton, good luck with that reasoning of yours!! Its time to stop whining now, we are already packing up!! Good luck with your new neighbors, or should i say NO neighbors!!By Hmmmmm...
June 10, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this
The City of Dayton has some tough questions to answer about the $100,000 or more wasted investigating while this ruling was still PENDING…By KIx
June 10, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this
To Larry: You commented that the employees of the city need to help Dayton be the one of the best cities to live,work and visit. It is possible to keep the work and life separate. Why would I want to live in a dying city with my family and send them to subpar schools when I can now live in a nice community that cares about its neighborhoods and schools? Seems like an easy decision to me. now have theBy KIx
June 10, 2009 10:59 AM | Link to this
To Larry: You commented that the employees of the city need to help Dayton be the one of the best cities to live,work and visit. It is possible to keep the work and life separate. Why would I want to live in a dying city with my family and send them to subpar schools when I can now live in a nice community that cares about its neighborhoods and schools? Seems like an easy decision to me. now have theBy JS
June 10, 2009 10:59 AM | Link to this
Those that want and can move will….those that can’t won’t. Most city employees have kids attending Huber, Northridge, or Vandalia schools because of boundaries.By Larry
June 10, 2009 10:59 AM | Link to this
Friends, you can find plenty of great houses in great neighborhoods in Dayton for great prices. Your commitment to making Dayton a great place to live, work and visit is appreciated.By lifeindayton
June 10, 2009 10:56 AM | Link to this
Oh Yea! thats for the CEO of NCRBy lifeindayton
June 10, 2009 10:54 AM | Link to this
You took the job you knew the policy. If you did not like the rule you should have looked for a job someplace else.By Bob
June 10, 2009 10:53 AM | Link to this
The damage is already done by this comical city leadership. Sadly, the last one out has to turn out the lights.By White Liberal
June 10, 2009 10:52 AM | Link to this
This is a bad ruling. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the government has a compelling interest in forcing people into diversity. It is called affirmative action, and It Was Good. I, myself have taken it upon myself to visit Third and Main streets just to mingle with my fellow Daytonians on a regular basis. It has really been good for me. I think feeling is coming back to my ribs and the gunshot scars are barely visible now.By BC
June 10, 2009 10:51 AM | Link to this
Hey LL, we are not whining!! We are MOVING!!! Looks like you are the whiner now!!! You send your kids to one of the religion based private schools, I’m not sending mine there!! OH yeah, last one out turn off the lights!!By Barry
June 10, 2009 10:51 AM | Link to this
I always wondered what it said about a city when it FORCED people to live there. “our city is so great you have to live here, or else you will be fired”By sandy
June 10, 2009 10:47 AM | Link to this
do i understand. we the people who works for the city of dayton.can live where ever. i dont like dayton schoolsBy sandy
June 10, 2009 10:46 AM | Link to this
do i understand. we the people who works for the city of dayton.can live where ever. i dont like dayton schoolsBy jim
June 10, 2009 10:45 AM | Link to this
I already moved out. My city o Day-Ton house is vacant, just like the other thousands of vacants. Just wait, Round eye-Square eye will want to appeal to the US Supreme Court. More scarce $ wasted!By guinea pig no more
June 10, 2009 10:44 AM | Link to this
I wonder how this will affect Nan Whaley’s grad school study?By Nuti is Fruity
June 10, 2009 10:42 AM | Link to this
Sorry Mad McHatter. You lose! You cannot make people live in an area that is detrimental to their health. The City of Dayton is a Landfill. Pewriod.By AAA
June 10, 2009 10:41 AM | Link to this
This is a great day. The city could have established a resonable residency relationship with its employees. Now their hardball rule has backfired.By bobby boe
June 10, 2009 10:40 AM | Link to this
I’m outta here. Thank GOD. This is the worst run city I have ever seen.By bobby boe
June 10, 2009 10:40 AM | Link to this
I’m outta here. Thank GOD. This is the worst run city I have ever seen.By GP
June 10, 2009 10:40 AM | Link to this
Some people work at the dump, but they don’t have to live there.By Free at Last
June 10, 2009 10:39 AM | Link to this
Free at Last like every other citizen in this country to finally live where I choose. I for one will not be moving out of the city, but now it’s MY choice. toto stay.By not optimistic
June 10, 2009 10:36 AM | Link to this
i have lived in this city for over 15 years. my glass is half empty, i am not investing moreBy moving
June 10, 2009 10:33 AM | Link to this
lifeindayton- in the 1970’s residency was voted on…how many police and fire or other employees for that matter do you think are actively working that participated in that vote? The city has went down the toilet since, if the city were an attractive place to live with leadership who had half a brain employees might just stayBy Larry
June 10, 2009 10:32 AM | Link to this
The job of every city employee and every citizen is to make Dayton the best possible place to live, work and visit. How can you do that if you’re not going to make the very most important commitment to the well-being of the city: living and investing here?By Steve
June 10, 2009 10:27 AM | Link to this
No one will be moving anytime soon. To move to a new home, most will need to sell their current home. Just try to sell a Dayton home in this market.By Patrick
June 10, 2009 10:17 AM | Link to this
Although the court decision may not be appealing to some, however, it does embody the spirit of freedom within the U.S. Freedom has never been free and many residing outside of Dayton but conduct business within the city I believe will soon learn that with this ruling!By LL
June 10, 2009 10:15 AM | Link to this
If you have to live in the city, but don’t like the public school system, send your kids to private school within the same city.. and FYI - you can pay to have your kids go wherever you want them to go! cough up the cash if you don’t like the schools and quit your whining!By xu96
June 10, 2009 10:13 AM | Link to this
Amy, you are forgetting all the estate tax the city collects on the homes employees live in. On the other hand, employees wont be able to move..who the heck is going to buy a house in this town?By lifeindayton
June 10, 2009 10:13 AM | Link to this
The residency law was voted on by the citzens of Dayton. It should be chaned by the voters not the courts.By Old Scratch
June 10, 2009 10:13 AM | Link to this
Justice has been done. Indentured servants no more. McClin has lost. All that money, all that effort. Dayton has the goverment it deserves!By Old Scratch
June 10, 2009 10:12 AM | Link to this
Justice has been done. Indentured servants no more. McClin has lost. All that money, all that effort. Dayton has the goverment it deserves!By LMAO
June 10, 2009 10:11 AM | Link to this
But no doubt we can count upon Mayor McCheese and the rest of the think tank to continue to spend time and $$ on this pointless pursuit rather than trying to make people want to live in Dayton on it’s own merits!By property owner- moving
June 10, 2009 10:09 AM | Link to this
amy-if you own property in the city a portion of your property tax paid goes to the city where you own the property, we are not just talking about income tax!By Larry
June 10, 2009 10:09 AM | Link to this
Great, now we can’t demand that our employees know or care what happens in our city. Let’s hire Bill Nuti as city manager.By eyeroll
June 10, 2009 10:08 AM | Link to this
Seriously, Harangutan, you turned this post into a rant about Socialism? Grow up and do something productive.By aharddaysnight
June 10, 2009 10:07 AM | Link to this
Finally some common sense rulings.By Michael Merz
June 10, 2009 10:06 AM | Link to this
As a fifth-generation Daytonian, I can’t imagine living aywhere else. Once the CEO of NCR left, could city employees be far bhind.?tBy It IS time for a change
June 10, 2009 10:06 AM | Link to this
I find it very interesting that so much money has been spent looking for “offenders” of the residency rule (Dayton) while maybe the focus should be on retaining the businesses!By Harangutan
June 10, 2009 10:05 AM | Link to this
It is long overdue. Nobody wants to live in the socialist city of Dayton, with high crime and inner city school problems. My step-sister used that as one reason to divorce her husband, that his job with the city condemned their kids into attending lousy, inner city public schools that are dangerous to attend. The impoverished situation in Dayton is the future for the socialist Obama Nation because socialism makes everybody equally desperate, not equally wealthy.By Firedude
June 10, 2009 10:04 AM | Link to this
Finally….The city of Dayton employees have a choice to live where they want to live. For those worried that all the employees will move, relax, it won’t happen, but a few hundred will. Freedom is a beautiful thing!By Commonsensical
June 10, 2009 10:03 AM | Link to this
Maybe - just maybe - some talented folks from outside the boundaries of Dayton will now be able to work for the city… or is that too much of a stretch.By JIM
June 10, 2009 9:59 AM | Link to this
What about all the money that has been wasted trying to follow employes of the city to make sure they live in Dayton!Thanks to the HatLady wake up she needs to go!!!By AJ Quinn
June 10, 2009 9:58 AM | Link to this
Finally, City employees will no longer be held hostage and can exercise choice like most free citizens.By amy
June 10, 2009 9:57 AM | Link to this
Moving, people pay taxes based on where they work, not live. Dayton city employees will continue to pay the same amount they’re paying today.By Moving
June 10, 2009 9:52 AM | Link to this
Now the employees get to leave the sinking ship as well…now who will pay taxes? Now we can join our mayor who never seems to be at her residential address…outside the city!!