Montgomery County

The Inefficiencies of the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office: A Deeper Look at Bonuses

by Alexander Sharp | Feb 15, 2021 | Corruption, Investigative Reporting

In our continuing investigation of the large bonuses handed out by Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck, we previously looked at the initial findings of our public records request, Mat Heck’s history of sketchy finances, and how his over-compensating employees...

Should Government Employees be Involved in Politics?

by Alexander Sharp | Jan 8, 2021 | Patronage

Between the national news of angry mobs in D.C. and the local news that Nan Whaley will not run for reelection, an interesting piece in the Dayton Daily News may have escaped your attention. Mohamed Al-Hamdani, Dayton Public School Board President and member of the...

Heck Uses Bonuses to Circumvent Ohio Administrative Code

by Alexander Sharp | Jan 5, 2021 | Corruption, Investigative Reporting

In our coverage of the bonus scandal from the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office, we first looked at how Mat Heck has provided bonuses averaging $8,851.35 to employees in 2020. Then we looked at Heck’s history of graft and previous reports that called him out for...

Decades of Graft by Mat Heck

by Alexander Sharp | Dec 30, 2020 | Corruption, Investigative Reporting

Dayton City Manager Shelley Dickstein commenting on executive bonuses for the Dayton Development Coalition: Mar 3, 2014 To pay somebody 25 percent of their salary just because they did the work they were supposed to be doing for their salary never seems to line up...