Glass City Jungle

Here we have the media showing pictures of people caught on camera robbing banks, carry outs or other acts of vandalism that are caught on tape so that the public can come forward and help identify who those persons are. So, reading about more incidents of rock throwing damage happening to the Ohio Republican [...]

This was interesting information to read in the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
The Chicago research firm, eMvoy, evaluated 100,000 companies on factors including technology, stability and Web presence, and then distilled that information to create the state rankings. The company rates manufacturers to sell its services to industrial purchasing agents.
In a prepared statement, eMvoy CEO Craig Landy [...]

This week’s edition of The Sojourner’s Truth has several articles I recommend reading. Jack Ford’s weekly column, “My View” focuses on some advice to soon to be Governor Ted Strickland as well as this about Senator Teresa Fedor:
Senator Teresa Fedor is rolling the dice in seeking to become Senate minority leader. I wish her [...]

As I read this article it brought up some thoughts on the whole topic of temporary workers.
It’s stated:
Sunday shifts are uncommon at Toledo Jeep. Employees working those days get paid double-time. The average Chrysler worker makes $27 an hour, or $54 an hour on Sundays. On Saturdays, they are paid $40.50 an hour.
Ms. Tinson declined [...]

Interesting article in today’s Toledo Blade about First Solar’s first two weeks on the stock market:
The company, which has its roots in Toledo but is located in Phoenix now, went began trading stock publicly on Nov. 17 and predicted beforehand the price would start at $17 to $19 a share. However, it opened at $21, [...]

In a story that was previously covered back in early October, a special-use permit for the Maritime Academy of Toledo was approved last night 11-1. Councilman Frank Szollosi was the no vote. I didn’t get a chance to ask him last night why he voted no so I can only surmise it is [...]

Blog it! Toledo is up this week asking the non-musical question…What do you do if…Then Michael Miller deals with Flakes on a Plane. My father was a pilot and some of his worst moments were those when he was forced to be a passenger on commercial airlines. I’ll never forget the last time [...]

This week’s Toledo Free Press has an article by Justin Kalmes and a mention in an editorial about the Nov. 30 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, where political analyst David Gergen states, “I was in Toledo ten days ago, and it’s like, ‘Whoa, it looks like a war zone.’ They’re very much feeling the [...]

We were able to make it in time to get to today’s 4:00 p.m. City Council meeting where Joe McNamara was sworn into office. After the City Council meeting was concluded, there was a small reception upstairs on the 21st floor. There are more photos including what the view from Joe’s office window [...]

With a curtsy to Jill over at Writes Like She Talks, Toledo’s Teresa Fedor is getting the ball rolling when it comes to fundraising according to Ohio Elects:
Three weeks after the 2006 elections, and 11 days since her colleagues chose her as the new Senate minority leader in the next General Assembly, Sen. Teresa Fedor, [...]

That’s the basic premise you can conclude from this Toledo Blade article. However, if you read this Cleveland Plain Dealer article there is some important information that is not covered locally that I feel is important:
Last week, five of the high court’s seven justices found Cleveland’s law unconstitutional, largely because it outlaws conduct the [...]

If you are a Sylvania resident or you have an interest in learning more than what was reported in this morning’s Toledo Blade, thanks to the City of Sylvania (as inspired by Councilperson Mark Bula) you can listen the full audio of that meeting online.
Mark Bula had provided podcasting thru his own website until [...]

Tomorrow at the next regular Toledo City Council meeting which takes place at 4:00 p.m., Joe McNamara will be sworn in to the at-large seat he was elected to by the Honorable Andy Douglas.
That time frame is a difficult one considering I do have a school aged daughter but we are planning on attending so [...]

I’m 100% in support of the concept of a a memorial to the Ironworkers . I’m also 100% in support of the concept of raising corporate and private donations for the creation of this memorial on the Veterans’ Glass City Skyway.
What concerns me though stems from this:
…project officials announced that the [...]

In reading this article from the Independent Collegian on core curriculum classes:
“The most troubling thing to me is that the people who come out of the business, pharmacy or engineering disciplines don’t have the same writing skills as others,” said UT Trustee Tom Brady.

Today’s Toledo Blade contains a very indepth look at Domestic Violence cases in Toledo and the affect of VFTA, “Victim Failed To Appear” has in some of these cases. The article also points out several recent situations where previous accusations of Domestic Violence or Assault were dropped by victims who later ended up [...]

Today’s Blade highlights Operation Christmas Child, this article is about the hard work of many local, state and US residents joining together to send shoe boxes full of gifts to children outside of the US. The article also mentioned an organization I was not familar with:
Inside WLMB, a group of boys from age 8 [...]

In his latest weekly column at Sojourner’s Truth, former Mayor Jack Ford writes about state politics and ends with a few paragraphs on the recent news that the Current Mayor Carty Finkbeiner proposed a budget that had a 10.6 million dollar deficit:
On the local front, it was not surprising that the City of Toledo is [...]

Several news stories in the Toledo media the past day or so have made me ponder what is missing as far as information. One in particular made me wonder why someone would go on the news. While I think it’s really important that more facts come out before there is any type of a [...]

Since normally we hear more critique than compliment, after what I went thru this afternoon I felt it was important to express a heartfelt thank you. My 17 year old did not come home this morning as she was supposed to. I initially thought she had just overslept but enough time passed that I [...]

First, Happy Thanksgiving to all of the readers of Glass City Jungle, with my wish that you all have many things to be thankful for…
Tomorrow is the opening of Children’s Wonderland, (the weblink is not working yet) which for many of us is a part of the memories of a holiday season. This is [...]

In addition to the proposed budget deficit that will be addressed later by Toledo City Council, today’s Toledo Blade brings some additional news as to possible increased assessments. While the article points out that part of the additional assement dollars is due to:
Councilman George Sarantou said most of the $2.6 million increase is due [...]

All too often the headline reads, “murder may be drug-related”, the politicians jump to have their press conferences demanding more police, the police are pressed to say more because the media and the public wants to know, as many of us sit in judgement…clicking our tongues commenting on drug use will kill you and other [...]

Recommended AP article printed in La Prensa featuring comments from Sherrod Brown, George Voinovich and Mike Dewine. Some selected parts of the article:
“I think we go after issues that are absolutely in the public interest where there is significant bipartisan support and those are the issues we move forward on because it’s the [...]

Blog it! Toledo is up at the Toledo Free Press website with the focus this week being on how to build traffic for your blog. This week’s edition online and in print has Michael Miller writing about OJ Simpson. Also recommended is a guest piece by Andre L. Gaines, focusing on his recent [...]

In this morning’s Toledo Blade was

The Prosecution wanted 20 years…the Defense wanted 10 which we now discover was offered as an earlier plea agreement.
Seems like the main focus at this point watching live is should this sentence run with the federal sentence or be separate and will this sentence be similar to what others have received who have been [...]

A man known locally for his devotion to children at Christmas time and by some as the King of the Hobo’s, Steam Train Maury Graham, passed away yesterday according to tonight’s news.
Quoted in many places, one of the quotes he is known for:

“Do not ever confuse a hobo with a bum! A bum is shiftless [...]

With a curtsy to conservativeguy over on Right Angle Blog I read this very troubling editorital in the Warren Tribune-Chronical about leasing the Ohio Turnpike and their belief that Ted Strickland will fold under the pressure to the lure of money for projects. Some selections from the editorial that I recommend you read [...]

It irritates me when people play games in trying to make a situation seem less serious. The federal goverment and their term of “food insecurity” is one of those pet peeves. The reality is it is about hunger even though the government has two categories, “food insecure without hunger” and “food insecure with [...]