“I’ve asked for them to let these people enroll, and they’re saying no,” Salyer said of several employees he believes are being retaliated against for their decision. “I think that’s unfair, because these people didn’t know in November the cost would change in January.”

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Donaghy called Salyer’s comments “nonsensical.”

“If you’re a human being and you’re deciding whether or not I need health insurance or need to join my employer’s plan, that’s a pretty big decision to make,” Donaghy said in an interview. “Show me a place on Earth where we do it how Glenn does it … all this hindsight is 20-20 stuff is beyond me.”

The relationship between the men has been marked by distrust for years and came to a head during an incident in August. The dispute landed Salyer in Montgomery County Jail on a criminal trespass charge for refusing to leave an area near Wright Stop Plaza. He remains barred from RTA facilities.

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Donaghy now concedes the land where Salyer stood is not owned by RTA, but he maintains the transit authority has the right to enforce its conduct policy there and will continue to do so on the city’s right-of-way.

“There’s a great debate I know, in Glenn’s mind, where the property begins and the code ends,” Donaghy said. “I can say this, we have consistently enforced the code in the area of concern since the day we opened in 2009.”

Last week, Dayton prosecutors subpoenaed the land survey of RTA’s boarding platform commissioned by Salyer at his own cost. Salyer believes the survey shows he and others have been arrested for trespassing without cause.

On Tuesday, Dayton Chief Prosecutor Stephanie Cook withdrew Salyer’s trespass case.

“We just dismissed it,” Cook said. “I don’t intend on discussing it any further.”

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