Dayton Continues To Be A Food And Pharmacy Desert!

Rite Aid is on the ropes. More Dayton, Ohio locations are closing. 

We got so many issues in our country. 

Hey let's give billions to Israel and ban TikTok because of the app being owned by the Chinese. Capitalism for greed. Socialism for foreign countries.

I don't watch the local news but when I see the area, I think about how nothing changes.

Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens are closing locations in the United States. 

Dayton, Ohio is no different.

Rite Aid is closing the Salem Avenue location in Harrison Township. 

Earlier this month, Walgreens closed its Hoover Avenue location.

Several Dayton locations have closed. They have closed locations in Dayton, Harrison Township, Kettering, Riverside, Trotwood and other areas.

Rite Aid told Insider that it considers a variety of factors when deciding to close a store, “including business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance.”

Jeffrey Stein, the company’s chief executive officer and chief restructuring officer, is due to get a $20 million “success fee” at the end of the process, which lawyers complained — in a court filing Monday — is the same total all “unsecured creditors” will get.

After pushing local pharmacies to close, Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens move into the area.

These companies push ridiculously high prices on products, lobby for more corporate greed and refuse to take accountability for the opioid epidemic. Mind you, they are willing to shelve millions to CEOs, top executives and product sponsors, but pass on the prices to the consumer. They lobby cities to build their locations on the promises of new jobs, easy access to consumer needs and low prices. 

Once they build their new location, they open up and slowly raise their prices to make it seem like they're just going with the trends.

They will claim it was because of shrink and low foot traffic for the location to close.

Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) and Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) complain about Biden's policies but never do anything to improve them. They vote against almost everything Biden pushes but take credit for the successes.

The junk food media will hype up stories of homeless people or individuals shoplifting from these stores. Many of these folks on the far right will call for violence over a few dollars of theft. These companies will complain about how shrink is the reasons for locations pulling out of communities. 

Well it is one factor.....  but the actual factor is the company's inability to keep private equity firms happy. They own almost every stock in Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid.

When these businesses close, they leave abandoned buildings. These buildings become a nuisance and prime target for vandalism and arson.

I was criticizing former president Donald J. Trump for allowing my community to fall victim to food and pharmacy deserts. I was angry when Premier Health Partners closed Good Samaritan Hospital. I was angry when TeraData left Dayton. I was angry when Kroger closed its Harrison Township location. The coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the tornado and mass shooting in 2019 were reasons why I didn't vote for Trump.

Biden was not my first, second or third choice. He was my fifth choice. I was for Kamala Harris, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker and Pete Buttigieg. Knowing all of them were in favor of aiding Israel and looking the other way to the apartheid, I would have not backed them. Republicans are lockstep with Israel. 

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) have not improve things in Ohio. Population still declining, opioid epidemic is bad and food deserts in urban areas continue.

Now as we are seeing day by day as companies are closing around Dayton, I start to think that President Joe Biden, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, Dayton mayor Jeff Mims failed this community.

I believe Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) have their priorities fixated on other issues. 

Vance would stare at the sky with a firearm trying to showboat himself shooting at a 10 ton surveillance balloon. Vance did not vote to aid Israel or ban TikTok. He was upset that funding went to Ukraine. If Ukraine aid was left out, Vance would definitely vote to ban TikTok and aid Israel. 

Brown voted to give aid Israel, ban TikTok and brag about Intel coming to Ohio in 2026 despite the chip maker seeing problems ahead. Brown is facing a tough opponent named Bernie Moreno, a closeted Ohio Republican who will say anything to win Trump's support. Brown wants to shift to the center now that he is facing a candidate that isn't closeted Republican Josh Mandel.

Walgreens closes its West Dayton location.

Turner complains about Republicans being in the back pocket of Russia but in reality he and his fellow members are in the back pocket of Israel. He voted to give aid to Israel, ban TikTok and still couldn't tell you which Dayton neighborhoods have a food deserts. He represents Dayton, Centerville, Trotwood, Oakwood, Clayton, Englewood, Springfield, Huber Heights, Xenia, Yellow Springs, Cedarville and Kettering.

Carey voted to give aid to Israel, ban TikTok and refuses to aid Ohioans struggling from a tornado and a train derailment. He couldn't tell you which neighborhoods in his district were affected by tornado damages, the opioid epidemic, food and pharmacy deserts. He practically lives in Columbus, but never cares about his district communities of Tipp City, Vandalia, Huber Heights, South Charleston, Urbancrest, Grove City, Valleycrest, London, Troy, Hillard and New Carisle.

By the way, Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) can't do anything for Cincinnati. The same thing happening in Dayton is happening in the Cincinnati area too. They all voted to fund Israel, ban TikTok and stated their stances on peaceful protests at Miami University, Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University. They want protesters arrested. They won't do anything about the opioid epidemic. They couldn't tell you which neighborhoods in their districts are affected by food and pharmacy deserts.

Davidson represents Cincinnati, Eaton, West Chester, Hamilton, Greenville, Middletown, Troy, Tipp City and Piqua.

Landsman represents Cincinnati, Norwood, Indian Hill, Lebanon, Middletown, Springboro and Mason.

Wenstrup represents Cincinnati, Hillsboro, Chillicothe, Wilmington, Athens, Jackson, Portsmouth and Batavia.

Don't let Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) fool you. He is pro Israel too. He is a do nothing lawmaker who refuses to vote on spending. He can't even vote to approve funding for the Brent Spense Bridge rebuilding project in his own district. That bridge is dangerous and structurally inefficient.

Biden, Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Congress and the junk food media are supportive of Israel. It must end. We have too many damn things in our country to focus on. Trust me, this giving aid to Israel will end soon. Cause Americans are tired of taxpayer money going to foreign countries while our own country is still struggling to survive.