Comments on: The Truth: Harlem Children’s Zone, Musical chairs, I say Amen and more

By: meghan

meghan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:31:11 +0000

Lets put the blame for this where it belongs. Yes, the blade should give more coverage to actual news stories rather than their take down of the dog warden (insert blade victim of the week here) but isn’t it as much the fault of those who purchase the blade? After all, if the readers vote with their $$ the blade cannot print and things may actually change for the better around here.
I believe when the voters finally realize that JR Block is not very good at running a community and folks leave the daily paper we may actually have hope and change in the Metro Toledo area. Until then, same poo different day!

By: Tim Higgins

Tim Higgins — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:15:11 +0000

LisaRenee,

You are right of course. I should have added to my comment on the Blade that unless the TV and radio stations step out of the Blade’s shadow (something that I know their limited news budgets make difficult) or some other source of daily mainstream media news presents itself locally, little of this will change.

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:05:30 +0000

Valid point Tim, though it would also be possible for television and radio stations to step up to do more as well rather than to wait, I know the time constraints of tv especially but they could lead by example.

By: Tim Higgins

Tim Higgins — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:53:42 +0000

LisaRenee,

I hate to seem to lay the blame for this in one place, but in watching the local media it still appears that much of it is led by the coverage of the Blade. The Sunday (12/6) paper contained over 2-1/2 pages of dog stories, most of which was in the primary A-section news. The TV and radio stations often base their own news stories on those listed in the headlines of the Blade.

Rather than to blame a political philosophy or group of citizens, I think far more of the blame lies with the agenda (Progressive or otherwise) of the Publisher and editors at the daily newspaper in Toledo.

Unless or until someone is able to garner the attention and interest of the Block family on issues in this city, many of these important ones will never properly reach the public attention.

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:13:20 +0000

I’m interested in the numbers you have that demonstrate that this area is occupied by a progressive majority and that progressives are the only ones ignoring the abuse and murder of children.

By: Not Again

Not Again — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:08:27 +0000

I think it is

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:30:59 +0000

Not Again, the majority of residents in this area are not progressive so that is not an excuse, even if what you wrote was true, which it’s not.

By: Not Again

Not Again — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:07:10 +0000

“As I wrote back on November 10th, Dogs appear to matter more than employees or clients of the Connecting Point, I could have included abused children, murdered children, the unhoused and the poor, it’s just as true and as long as that is true? What does that say about us as a community…”

This is the progressive movement to a tee, Lisa, classic. Progressives are more interested in animals being allowed legal representation and frightening the public about fraudulent global warming in order to rape the county and distribute our riches to the world, rather than the things that really matter. It is about total control, and a few kids make no difference in the scheme of things.

By: Sujay

Sujay — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:39:13 +0000

To all of the Skeldon apologists out there: Both of these stories deserve coverage. It’s not an either/or.