Glass City Jungle

After taking notes last night, I then was faced with the decision of what I was going to do with the notes. It’s obvious typing up ten pages of notes would be quite a huge blog post but it’s also clear that there will be very little media on the debate last night, hence [...]

The Toledo Free Press has the story, TAHS drops mayor’s pet-endangerment case for lack of evidence.
Part of the article:
Sherri Miller, TAHS spokesperson, said that through the investigation agents found lack of evidence to pursue the case. The primary reason, she explained, lies in the fact that agents could not respond to the scene [...]

I heard this last night but didn’t have confirmation, Toledo council’s move to pick Ashford ‘inappropriate’, and that it would mean that City Council would have to vote to remove Rob Ludeman then have another vote for Council President. It’s not clear if that’s going to be done with the way the comment is [...]

Via email tonight I received a commercial done by the Mario Campos for Toledo City Council District 2 campaign. It was sent to me in a windows media format so I uploaded it to Google to be able to share with those of you interested here:

Tonight I attended a debate for District 6 Toledo City Council Candidates hosted at the Eleanor Kahle Senior Center. The moderator was Sam Burnett and the debate participants were David Ball, Joe Birmingham and Lindsay Webb. Councilwoman Wilma Brown was there to receive an award for the “Wilma Brown Pie Baking Contest”. [...]

More details to follow in this week’s edition of the Toledo Free Press, but I’m happy to announce that Glass City Jungle will again doing some live debate blogging. This time involving Toledo Public School Board candidates. Some of the information from the soon to be released Toledo Free Press article written by [...]

I’ve just learned that former City Council member Lourdes Santiago who was defeated by Joe McNamara, will be appointed by Mayor Carty Finkbeiner to serve as the Acting Commissioner of Purchasing for the City of Toledo. Prior to Santiago being appointed to finish the term as a replacement for Councilman Bob McCloskey, she worked [...]

The thing about the census statistics is they are after the fact, so while it’s very possible that the poverty rate in an area could have declined during the reported period while what people are experiencing currently could be different. How do you gauge how people are doing currently? Foreclosure numbers, eviction numbers [...]

This week’s edition of the Sojourner’s Truth is out and the This Strikes Us focuses on the recent Council President shake up. A few paragraphs:
But regardless of how well he conducted the business of the presidency, politics is politics. There’s no crying in politics, folks. You move on. And to his credit, that’s what [...]

Maybe I’m really dating myself age wise but every time I read that expression, “These are the people in your neighborhood”, the song immediately gets stuck in my brain. For that a few curses at those who make up the Hildo at the Toledo City Paper this week. Who do “they” focus on? [...]

This in via email from the Chris Myers for Toledo Public School Board campaign:
Myers Pledges to Serve Full Term on TPS Board
Toledo, Ohio. Chris Myers, candidate for Toledo Public Schools Board of Education, proclaims his dedication and commitment to deal with the issues that face TPS, and announces that he will sign a pledge [...]

My husband drove our daughter to school this morning and the two of them witnessed something pretty horrific, as he wrote on his blog, I’m Sorry What:
This morning I was late for work because I drove my youngest daughter to school, while waiting at the light I watched a kid run across the street without [...]

Thanks to an email from Dave Harding of Progress Ohio comes this information about an event being held here in Toledo:
Central Ave. and Secor Rd. at 7:00 p.m. near the new Costco Toledo area residents will gather to be a part of the Take A Stand events on the Iraq War sponsored by Americans Against [...]

This in via email from the office of the Lucas County Commissioners:
DEMOLITION BEGINS AT THE LUCAS COUNTY ARENA SITE
The Board of Lucas County Commissioners kicked-off the start of physical demolition at the Lucas County arena site last week at an event that brought many local elected officials and downtown business leaders to see for themselves.
Before [...]

The absence of some of the members of the Information Services Committee was noted in Tom Troy’s article, City accounting system upgrade may cost millions.
The article doesn’t say when the meeting was scheduled, so we don’t know at this point of it was scheduled after the Unity meeting was announced or before. Some interesting [...]

It appears yesterday’s unity meeting went well as described by Joshua Boak’s article, Local Democrats pledge unity. I know some could not attend since the meeting was scheduled during what would be their normal work schedule, Joshua gave no number of those present except for using the word “vast” which makes one think it [...]

From reading the Blade it appears that the request for a ruling from John Madigan on the meeting held with the 8 Democrats on council will be made soon, Answers awaited on Dems’ meeting. I had heard that Marc Dann was asked for a ruling so I contacted the Attorney General’s office last week [...]

This in via email from the Lucas County Commissioners:
LUCAS COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS GATHER FOR QUARTERLY MEETING
The Lucas County Commissioners will host an “Elected Officials Meeting” with county wide elected officials and Lucas County agency representatives on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the 1st Floor Conference Room, One Government Center, downtown Toledo.
Topics [...]

This in via email from the Lucas County Dog Warden’s office:
DOG WARDEN SKELDON URGES INCREASE IN DOG LICENSE FEES TO KEEP COMMUNITY SAFE
Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon will urge action to increase dog license fees by $5 next year so that his department has the resources it needs to keep the community safe at [...]

I do stop by and read what is posted over on Buckeye State Blog from time to time, despite the fact that Jerid doesn’t seem to feel the same blog love given he’s never updated the new URL for GCJ that has been in place for almost a year or congratulated us for our [...]

This morning I read this letter to the editor from Police Chief Michael J. Navarre which to me was a challenge as to his statement that Toledo was one of Ohio’s safest Cities:
Compare our crime rate to that of Cleveland, Cincinnati, or any similar-sized city in the United States, and it is easy to conclude [...]

This week’s edition of the Toledo Free Press was an especially fun one for me. First, I had fun with this week’s Blog it! Toledo column, focusing on some of the great local musical talent that is on MySpace. Reading Michael Miller’s thoughts when he is writing about his son, Evan has created [...]

There are those who have taken issue with the type of response they have gotten from Michael Ashford the City Council member, yet it’s obvious that Michael Ashford the politician is running full steam, the first section of the Blade article on the District Four Candidates makes that clear:
Six phone bank operators are in Toledo [...]

Back in May the headline was Dillard’s commits to Southwyck, it was stated the decision to commit to Southwyck until 2011 meant:

The long-stalled plans to redo the Southwyck Shopping Center in Toledo took a significant turn for the better yesterday with the revelation that Dillard’s Inc. has made a commitment to remain at the center [...]

This in via email from the Lindsay Webb for Toledo City Council District 6 campaign:
LINDSAY WEBB OUTLINES PLAN FOR ACTION ON ABANDONED HOUSES
District Six Candidate Says She’ll Keep Pressure On Absentee Owners With “Terrible Ten” List
Abandoned houses with boarded windows and unkempt lawns are a serious problem in Toledo’s neighborhoods. District Six City Council candidate [...]

I’m going to Warren today to attend a baby shower for my daughter in law who is expecting her first child (yes, my first grandchild) in Warren, Ohio. So if a comment ends up being temporarily held in moderation due to the spam catcher having some strange response to a comment made, it may [...]

One of the things I dislike is the blame game, how this is played in politics and real life is when you are accused of something, you make an accusation about that person instead. The question of the meeting that the 8 Democrats on City Council and the Open Meetings Laws in Ohio was [...]

I read the first news of the death of a two year old over on Columbuser, so I looked for more information on this story and found Girl in car for 8 hours. I’m sure those of you who were so outraged over our Mayor and his leaving Scout in the car for [...]

This in via email, sent out by Ellen Critchley, Secretary of the LCDP:
Local Democratic Chairman Advocates for Party Unity
Toledo, Ohio. Ron Rothenbuhler, Chairman of the Lucas County Democratic Party, announces that he will hold a press conference with many Democratic Party officers, elected officials, labor leaders, candidates and supporters to promote and discuss Party [...]

The Toledo Free Press article written by Justin R. Kalmes titled, Mayoral recall push fails; petitions burned is live and online for those of you who are following this story. I’ll do my usual weekend round up but wanted to get this out there as soon as possible.