Glass City Jungle

In as breaking news from the Toledo Blade, headline reading Ohio Elections Commission rules Noe violated election law; refers case for possible prosecution. Ohio Elections Commission unanimously found that Noe violated election law by concealing or misrepresenting campaign contributions. Then in a 6 to 1 vote, asked the prosecutor in either Lucas County or [...]

This in via email from City Councilman Frank Szollosi:
Szollosi Supports Wireless Internet Services – Questions Taxpayer, Non-local Roles
Calls For Regional Wireless Commission
Releases Market Analysis: Advertising Funded Wi Fi “shaky” & “doubtful” TODAY’S AP STORY: Cities Struggle with Wireless Internet
TOLEDO – An early & continuing supporter of Toledo wireless internet initiatives, City Councilman Frank [...]

I was really hoping to make this a “three for one” Jack Ford column but the Sojourner Truth has not been updated yet so I don’t know if the former Mayor is going to have his “My View” column up this week or what the topic will be. Last night Kevin Milliken played an [...]

If you didn’t listen to Toledo Today with Tom Watkins, on 1560 WTOD, Senator Sherrod Brown was the first guest then later in the program Tom Morrissey of the Recall Carty campaign was on air. I’m sure the podcast will be up later today, the link for that will be found here. Tom [...]

We’ve been waiting for more information on when something was going to be done on the issue of bringing free WiFi to Toledo, it appears that is going to be headed to City Council on June 12th according to this morning’s Toledo Blade and as listed below, Councilman Frank Szollosi will have more [...]

This in via email as a media release:
City Councilman Frank Szollosi To Release Marketing Analysis on Advertiser and Taxpayer Supported Municipal Wi-Fi Networks
WHEN: Thursday, May 31st, 10:30am
WHERE: 21st Floor, City Council Suite Conference Room, Gov’t Center
WHY: The Finkbeiner Administration is considering a $2.16 million City of Toledo commitment to [...]

The title of this thread has to be one of the more unique quotes I’ve heard come from Toledo City Council recently, here’s a mini version of the background, the Zenobia Shrine has decided to leave it’s downtown building after being downtown for 58 years. They want the building to be used by two [...]

In listening to the audio of tonight’s TPS board meeting that Chris Myers is kind enough to provide for those of us who can not attend, (link to Swamp Bubbles and link to audio) I’m struck by the response of some of those who spoke that somehow TPS is soley responsible for the regulations stating [...]

Toledo Detective Harold Mosley formally announced his intent to run for office, his campaign does not send Glass City press releases so I’m reporting this based on news reports. High schoolers who did not pass all sections of the OGT will not be allowed to walk with their classmates at graduation, which really wasn’t [...]

I got an invitation to join the MySpace page for the Recall Carty effort, so I headed over to check out the page, after having already have seen the webpage. If you thought the website was a bit “over the top” before it was edited, then buckle your seatbelts for the MySpace [...]

The complaint aspect of this post comes from information posted on Fox Toledo that around 200 complaints a day are coming into the Ohio Department of Health’s toll-free hot line. I don’t know how many of those complaints came from NWO, which leads into the next part of this post that I have not [...]

Flash back moment, Toledo residents! It seems that some Cleveland parents are less than satisfied with Dr. Sanders performance as a superintendent. WTVG has the story some selections from the article:
Sanders wants to set up all-boy and all-girl classes in three existing schools and one closed school, starting with kindergarten through second grade [...]

Recommended article from this morning’s Toledo Blade on what Denise Soto of Salon Professional Academy in Perrysburg is doing to try to increase awareness of Domestic Violence through a four hour training session by Lynn Jacquot, director of the YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter in Toledo given to soon to be graduating stylists. Lynn is [...]

This in via email for release this morning:
CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY,
GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS LAUNCH
‘TOLEDOANS FOR BARACK OBAMA’
Keith Wilkowski, Doni Miller, Wade Kapszukiewicz, Lori Decker, Keith Mitchell And Other Community Activists To Serve As Local Organizers
Toledo, OH – Concerned about the future of our country and ready to elect a President in [...]

Finally today after failed attempts we did get to see one of the new polar bear cubs at the Toledo Zoo. We waited in line for about 35 minutes which wasn’t bad compared to earlier days and got to spend four minutes inside ooohing and ahhhing over how cute he is. The twin [...]

The cover story of this week’s Toledo Free Press is on the topic of Gas Pains and how many Toledoans are buying hybrids. Brian Epstein has issued a challenge to “Stop Trashing Toledo”, which I’ll try but I am a blogger after all…(smile)
Michael Miller gets musical about Toledo and Thomas F. Pounds writes about [...]

As we remember those that have served and the basis of Memorial Day; “Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the [...]

It was rainy and there was a chill in the air but it did not stop many Toledo area residents from coming downtown to watch the Memorial Day Parade and then the service that was held in Memory of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice through the years our country has existed. I [...]

While it won’t bring her back, reading this story again from Fox who appears to be the only station at this point providing this:
The court cleared Cappelletty of any drug involvement Thursday, saying she was just driving. That news was important for her family, who says Cappelletty was a good person. She was [...]

Interesting move being reported from Fox Toledo that Governor Ted Strickland has asked Attorney General Marc Dann to appeal the recent Franklin Count Court ruling which we discussed at great length here a few days ago. Bill Delaney called in to Kevin Milliken’s show “Eye On Toledo”, on WSPD, to comment on the Governor’s [...]

Those of you who also read Swamp Bubbles were aware that there was a organizational meeting for those interested in the recall effort. According to WUPW Fox Toledo:
About 20 residents from Recall Carty 2007 met at the west Toledo Branch Library Thursday evening to talk about why they think Mayor Finkbeiner should be [...]

At first you might think of events as reported in La Prensa where illegal immigrants fearing arrest/capture took Sanctuary in a Roman Catholic Church in Painesville, Ohio. Why it’s being blogged about in Ohio today does not have much to do with that, it has to do with one of the popular conservative blogs [...]

You know when even a family member of a murder victim agrees that something didn’t go right that it’s time to take a look at the way Ohio is executing people facing the death penalty. WTOL is reporting that Alan Konop, a local Toledo attorney is calling on Governor Ted Strickland to have the [...]

Tonight on WTVG there was a special called The Mayor and Your Money. It was reported there would be a copy of the letter the Mayor wrote in response to the coverage of the story and other documentation but that’s not up yet at the time of this blog post. Brian Schwartz [...]

As I was reading this pdf report done by the Brookings Institute on Restoring Prosperity: The State role in Revitalizing America’s Older Industrial Cities, the first thing I noticed is that Toledo was not included:
Ohio has eight economically struggling cities: Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Mansfield, Springfield, Warren, and Youngstown.
I started to wonder if the [...]

Another day, another adventure in the quest of asking the question “why”. This time it’s another disagreement between the Mayor and River East. After allegedly not paying the rent of a dollar per year on a lease made back in 1983, River East now wants to according to this morning’s Toledo Blade:
Now [...]

According to Bladevent.com this update to the earlier news that a tentative agreement had been reached and was awaiting ratification from the union workers:
Five units voted tonight. We’re hearing at least four passed but one had a later vote time. The final two votes will happen Thursday and Friday.
The Blade and its unions got together [...]

I just got home a short time ago from Lindsay Webb’s fund raiser for her district run. She had a really nice turnout with supporters and some other candidates as well as elected officials that dropped by for some great food and conversation and Miguel took a few pictures which if you click on [...]

Well, I definitely started out with a major laugh when I read Jack Ford’s My View column, this week in the Sojourner’s Truth:

There is so much going on with the Toledo Public Schools that I feel like the mosquito at the nudist convention – I don’t know where to start.
It also appears the Former Mayor [...]

In Columbus it’s being reported in the Columbus Dispatch that Graduation-test failures squelch seniors’ plans:
Nearly one in six Columbus students who are wrapping up their senior year couldn’t pass a test designed to measure sophomore-level skills.
Most of the 416 students probably won’t graduate with their peers next month. There are 2,652 seniors in the Columbus [...]