Posts Tagged ‘City Council’
Green Endorsed by Former Rival Democrat Blackshear
Toledo, OH – Former City Council Candidate Delbra Blackshear announced today she is dropping out the race for District 1 and that she is endorsing fellow Democrat Aji Green. Green officially filed petitions this morning with the Lucas County Board of Elections to place his name on the September 13 ballot as a candidate for Toledo City Council [...]
Green Announces Petition Filing with YouTube Message
Toledo, OH – Democrat Aji Green is releasing a YouTube video message today to announce plans for Toledo City Council District 1. Green’s video announcement can be viewed below: Green will officially file petitions with the Lucas County Board of Elections to place his name on the September 13 ballot as a candidate for Toledo City [...]
Updated: Council races so far
Candidate petitions for Council candidates for District Council must file by 4 p.m. on July 15. If there are more than two candidates running in a District there will be a September 13 primary held, with the top two vote getters moving on to the November election. While there are still 2 days left to file, according to the Lucas County [...]
Toledo Council July 12
9 present when the meeting began -- McNamara, Sarantou, Steel, Waniewski, Webb, Collins, Copeland, Ludeman, Martinez - Hicks-Hudson and Craig arrived after the meeting started. Appropriation for engineering oversight of TWI project by Mannik & Smith, $235,000 Sewer Replacement Fund - relieved of Utilities & Public Service Committee then - [...]
ACME – the “attractive nuisance”
Once upon a time the Marina District Plans included the ACME Power Plant -- when the city was seeking funds for clean up in 2003 it was said, "In order to ensure the success of the Marina District, the City must fully remediate the ACME Power Plant to enable end users to restore this historically significant symbol of Toledo's industrial past. [...]
Green Party Candidates Enter Toledo City Council Races
Two Green Party candidates for Toledo City Council will hold a press conference Monday, July 11, at 4:30 pm outside at One Government Center after delivering their nominating petitions. This is the first time two Greens are running simultaneously for Toledo City Council. Anita Rios is running for the Council District 4 seat and Sean Nestor is [...]
Agenda Review July 5
McNamara, Sarantou, Webb, Brown, Collins, Craig, Ludeman, Martinez present when Agenda Review began. Authorizing the expenditure of $20,000 from the Solid Waste Trust Fund to Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful (KT/LCB) in order to carry out various environmental programs on behalf of the City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency. SUMMARY [...]
Redividing Wards
Toledo is required to redivide the City into wards based on the 2010 census numbers. Legislation to do this needs to be passed at the July 12 Council meeting. According to the July 1 Friday packet, this ordinance follows the recommendation of the Plan Commission with the following adjustments: shift 699 persons from Ward 4 to Ward 10 shift [...]
Local Dems File Election Complaint in District 6 Council race
Reported on Toledo Free Press website -- Local Dems File Election Complaint Against Council Candidate. Short summary: Douglas DeCamp, Republican candidate for District 6 did not file a designation of treasurer with the BOE as required by law but has signs with a disclaimer for "Citizens to Elect DeCamp." Lucas County Democratic Party Chair Ron [...]
June 28 Toledo City Council
More details on legislation is included in the coverage of June 21 Agenda Review. Eleven members of Council were present when the meeting began, Phil Copeland was absent. At the end of the Council meeting Deputy Mayor Steve Herwat announced the groundbreaking for the Marina District is scheduled for Saturday, July 2 at 11:30 a.m. [...]