Toledo Free PressThis in via email from the office of Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz:
Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz announced today that his office has begun to mail the real estate tax bills for the first half of 2007, which are due by Thursday, January 31, 2008. There are roughly 206,000 parcels in Lucas County, and [...]
As many of you noticed, I did not blog yesterday. After coming home from the Homeless Memorial Service on Thursday night, my computer decided it now was the time to be difficult. It’s still not working properly, but I can go online in safe mode.
While I don’t disagree with Ken that given the weather and the holiday season that we will consider it a success if we get 20 people, I hope more than 20 people show up at 7:00 p.m. tonight for just an hour of their time at One Government Center. I hope I see many [...]
Jessica Luther did a great job in writing What is the real environmental impact of the proposed Toledo coke plant in this week’s Toledo City Paper. The only aspect I was disappointed in was this part:
Matt Sapara, Director of Development for the Lucas County Port Authority said many people are just confused over the [...]
This in via email from the office of Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop:
COMMISSIONER KONOP APPOINTED TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Toledo, Ohio – Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop was appointed to the County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) Board of Trustees today by action of outgoing President Olen Jackson.
CCAO is the premier advocacy and [...]
Even for political junkies like me, the presidential primary process can at times be looked at as is pointed out in “This Strikes Us” in this edition of The Sojourner’s Truth where the first sentence, Our latest long, national nightmare is almost over, immediately caught my attention. This week in addition to joining the [...]
At this point in time according to today’s Blade, Sears 1st in line for open House District 46 seat, Sylvania City Council President Barbara Sears appears to be the Republican candidate for District 46. Earlier rumors that Lynn Olman was considering a return don’t appear to have been proven true at least at this [...]
As first reported online by Steven Flagg in a post on SwampBubbles, the Toledo Public School Board met in a special meeting this morning and voted unanimously to place a renewal levy on the March ballot. Also on that primary election ballot will be the 3/4% income tax renewal levy.
I’ll update this [...]
Let’s flash back for a moment to when Richard Brown was indicted on the charges that are still pending, on September 22, 2007, Council President Michael Ashford is quoted in the Toledo Blade:
Council President Michael Ashford said he contacted the city’s law department to see how to proceed.
“He is an at-will employee for City Council [...]
That’s the subtitle of the Blade article today, Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board is under fire.
Here’s the part I’m having trouble understanding though:
Where the two differ is Mr. Leslie’s allegation, stated on his Web site and in interviews, that Ms. Conklin falsified a federal document to justify the continued flow of tax dollars [...]
The place that’s been mismanaged and is now causing political squabbling kind of market place…
What to do with Erie Street Market? It’s clear the general consensus is to sell it, but some of the questions I have are:
Has anyone even expressed an interest in it?
Is it making enough money to stay open?
It appears the firms of Pizzuti/Garfield Traub were not happy when the decision was made that their services were no longer needed and disagree that contract should have been able to be dissolved in the manner it was according to Terminated Toledo arena consultant threatens suit. However there also appears to be questions as [...]
I watched Shaun Hegarty’s report on some of the questions concerning the fees for Lathrop being 3.73% of the project cost versus their getting 3.03% of the project cost for Fifth Third Field. The link to the video is here. From what I understand the explanation being given is that the arena project [...]
The audio is up for the segment that I took part hosted by John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji is now live and online at Billion Dollar President. How well did I do? Here’s your chance to find out, though I gotta say following Harvey Pekar & Joe Hicks…
The Blade is reporting Ohio governor seeks moratorium on winter utility shutoffs.
Gov. Ted Strickland requested the action in a letter today to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Such an order would mark the first time in nearly seven years that the commission has issued such an edict. The last occurred on Jan. 25, 2001, [...]
Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. there will be a Fight for Housing/National Homeless Person’s Memorial Day in front of One Government Center. In addition to showing our support for what has been stated by Ken Leslie at 1Matters as the desired result:
…to remove the part time hourly contractor and the current chair who [...]
This in via email from the offices of the Lucas County Commissioners:
COMMISSIONERS REACT TO CHALLENGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN LUCAS COUNTY
Toledo, Ohio – Lucas County Commissioners reported today that the pressure on Northwest Ohio residents from rising gas prices, increased healthcare costs, and growing grocery prices has led to relatively flat sales tax revenue. As [...]
This in via email from the offices of the Lucas County Commissioners:
LUCAS COUNTY APPROVES MAJOR INVESTMENT IN REVOLUTIONARY SOLAR ENERGY FIRM
The Lucas County Commissioners and Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz today announced a major investment in Xunlight Corporation, a revolutionary thin-film solar cell manufacturer founded in Lucas County.
As part of the Treasurer’s linked deposit loan [...]
The Blade this morning reported two additional checks are being questioned in relation to the recent cases concerning Karyn McConnell Hancock, which now brings the total up to $210,997.92 (if I did my math properly) in adding up the dollar amounts listed in the article titled, Local lawyer was issued 2 city checks for late [...]
Unfortunately TARTA was not cooperative this morning as far as being on time, so by the time I arrived at the Lucas County Common Pleas Court House, got through the security process and had to wait for an elevator since those in custody were being transported in the elevators, the brief pre-trial hearing had already [...]
If you missed Ken being interviewed by Fred this morning, the podcast is up on the WSPD website. Fred saw the earlier post on Glass City Jungle, Change Matters – The Battle Begins and contacted Ken so that Ken would have the opportunity to reach out to inform even more Lucas County residents as [...]
Once again we have bad road conditions, in doing a check of the area in my neighborhood some streets have yet to see a snowplow and sidewalks are in horrible condition. I watched several adults have to walk in the street because the sidewalks are not shoveled, even the Area Office on Aging on [...]
This in from the office of Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop:
Commissioner Konop and Area Office on Aging to Present 1000th Cell Phone to Lucas County Senior Citizen
Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop and Billie Johnson, Executive Director of the Area Office On Aging of Northwestern Ohio will present the 1000th cell phone to a Lucas County [...]
As the title of this thread hints to, this week’s Toledo Free Press covers some interesting topics this week. The cover story focuses on the spirit of Christmas or for those feeling a bit more “grinchy” in this article by Scott McKimmy, Christmas season is cheery for some, dreary for others. Michael Miller [...]
I headed to my trusty DVR to watch Conklin & Company and discovered it was snow coverage instead, so I’ll try again tonight for the re-play of what would have been on if not for the snow coverage. I did watch Jack and Cynthia Ford’s “Coffee with the Fords”, I think they did a [...]
I was getting ready to watch the shows I recorded from this morning and I noticed that Bridges with Doni Miller on WTVG was focusing on the Obama presidential campaign stating that this was one of the most interesting presidential campaigns that she can remember because there was the possibility that we could have an [...]
Yes, it’s winter in Ohio and for some strange reason during this season we get…snow. It has to be a strange thing with the way some people freak out, running to the store to make sure they have enough bread and milk at the first sign of a winter storm warning, perhaps for those [...]
The cover story in this week’s Toledo City Paper focuses on the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio, it’s a recommended read, by Blake Gillespie and it’s also a place I’ve had personal experience with, my two youngest children have been patients of their’s for several years providing professional services both of them needed that I [...]
In this week’s The Sojourner’s Truth, Fletcher Word first mentions last week’s satirical piece then puts the satire aside to discuss the GEM Academy plan. No new column from Former Mayor Jack Ford this week, though the premiere for his and Cynthia’s television show is tomorrow morning. It’s said one of the topics [...]
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