Glass City Jungle

This week’s edition of the Sojourner’s Truth is live online and it’s a jam packed one when it comes to election coverage. From the We got issues article that discusses the five main issues facing Toledo area voters to quite a few articles on candidates it’s a recommended read.
A few of those included, [...]

I’m a fan of Toledo’s own Representative Peter Ujvagi of District 47 (who’s Annual Fall Chicken Paprikas Dinner is this Sunday as a btw) and obviously Representative Ross McGregor of District 72 must be too, which would explain this information from the The Daily Briefing, GOP copycats Democratic bills.

…McGregor, a Springfield Republican, [...]

The actual “meat” of the cover story in this week’s edition of the Toledo City Paper is a helpful guide sharing some brief information on the candidates up for election this November 6th. The additional comments by Johnny Hildo, who the TCP state is their “Man (or is it ‘woman’?) of Mystery Johnny Hildo” [...]

Depending on what part of Lucas County you live in there will be several issues that you’ll have the ability to vote no or yes on. If you are for or against one of the issues, here’s your chance to state why or if you want more information on one of the issues? [...]

This via email this morning from Toledo City Councilman Frank Szollosi & Councilman Joe McNamara:
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS & LABOR LEADERS TO URGE PASSAGE OF ISSUE 22 – Balanced Budget Amendment to Toledo City Charter
WHEN: Wednesday, October 31st, 10:30am
WHERE: Lobby of One Government Center
WHY: Urge voters to vote YES on ISSUE 22 on [...]

I suppose I could give you 89 reasons why I love participating in the Carnival of Ohio Politics, but instead I’ll just recommend you head over and read what some of Ohio’s best bloggers are focusing on this week. Ben from the Keeler Political Report did a great job with this week’s carnival.

Jeff Coryell is a blogger that I respect very much and recently you might recall me writing about the fact that Wide Open had been created by the Cleveland Plain Dealer with four bloggers from that part of Ohio hired to share their blogging online on the Cleveland Plain Dealer site. The Plain Dealer [...]

A beautiful day to be at the University Toledo, and thanks to Chad Quigley who offered to drive me I didn’t have to do the two TARTA bus shuffle to get to the steps of the University of Toledo’s Student Union building. It was a bit chilly for the candidates who were in the [...]

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, Councilman Joe McNamara and Councilman Frank Szollosi weigh in on the topic of LCIC in this morning’s Blade, Mayor says he’s ‘not pleased’ with LCIC effort:

Mr. Finkbeiner said the LCIC’s sole intent should be to create and retain jobs, and a lack of focus on those goals has led the county’s [...]

This information in via email:
With the veterans returning from Iraq as well as the individuals, families and children who will become homeless due to the foreclosures, we need all the help we can get.
Tent City has been working each year to get the homeless off the streets and into housing. We have been supported greatly [...]

This afternoon was supposed to be the Pretrial for Richard Brown, the former School Board candidate who is facing six charges of child endangerment. Those of you who have followed the story will remember there are questions concerning there being any real evidence of what he is being accused of as well as speculation [...]

If you didn’t read the article from yesterday’s Blade, Face of City Council is set for a makeover I recommend it, and I also recommend taking a look at the pdf of the questions/answers to compare the answers given to the candidates in your district. Personally I wish they would have asked all [...]

This in via email on the Supporters For A Safe Sylvania campaign:
Complaint Filed With Ohio Elections Commission Against Trustees; Moral Victory Won
Sylvania, OH – Friday, October 26, 2007
Alleging numerous false statements by Township Trustees Deidre Liedel and Pam Hanley regarding the Citizens’ Initiative Committee Supporters For A Safe Sylvania, a complaint has been [...]

This in via email from the Lisa Sobecki for Toledo Public School Board campaign:

This week’s edition of the Toledo Free Press could make you wonder a bit more about Toledo Mayor Lloyd Roulet after you read a guest column by our current Mayor Carleton S. Finkbeiner on the topic of the ‘Livable community’ award . Karl Rundgren also focuses on the idea of awards including the [...]

Today’s Blade starts their round of endorsements with Judge Michael Goulding getting the endorsement for Toledo Municipal Court. Part of the text giving the reasoning why Judge Goulding earned their nod:

In the ensuing nine months, Judge Goulding has shown a propensity to work hard to manage his share of what we have referred [...]

This morning’s Conklin & Company on WTVG focused on the two candidates for Toledo City Council District 6, Democrat Lindsay Webb and Green Party David Ball in the first segment, then a brief segment on the upcoming COSI levy and Take Three with Fletcher Word and Tom Troy focused on the recent resignation of [...]

Since the readership of Glass City Jungle has grown, and I’ve been asked the question recently about who the blog was going to endorse by quite a few people I felt I should briefly address the topic of endorsements. On my personal blog, Liberal Common Sense and in the very early days of Glass [...]

Every time I check the Ohio voter database, I’m reminded how seriously messed up it is. I have not lived in Holland for almost four years, I’ve voted at other polling locations after our move from Holland and then our move to here in South Toledo, where I did vote in person and I [...]

The Blade has the details on the Hearing slated over Latta’s remarks about Buehrer’s views.

The day before Republican voters decide who their candidate will be to succeed the late Paul Gillmor in the 5th District, the Ohio Elections Commission will decide whether state Representative Latta (R., Bowling Green) misrepresented the responses of a [...]

Does the fact that Molly McHugh Branyan’s husband works for the City matter as far as a conflict of interest? Fox Toledo had the story tonight at 10:00 as their top story. It seems Kevin Branyan has been a city employee for at least 20 years. In watching Fox, Molly McHugh Branyan [...]

Tonight the candidate forum at DeVeaux Junior High was a very enjoyable evening, turnout was excellent and the crowd was definitely interested in learning more about these school board candidates. The students, parents, teachers and community from the DeVeaux district did a fantastic job in organizing and managing the event tonight. Lee Conklin [...]

I’ve been invited to attend a National Townhall being held in Columbus that is being sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing on November 8th. Here is some of the information about this event if any of you are also interested in attending or to see what you can expect me to touch [...]

If you were like me and you were wondering what happened yesterday after reading the Toledo Free Press article about the Mayor being subpoenaed in noise ordinance case, we will still have to wonder at least from what I’m reading as far as public record information:

In the Ohio Fifth race the two top Republican contenders keep trading accusations, it’s becoming quite the topic on other parts of the Ohio blogosphere as well as in the media, as today’s Toledo Blade points out in, Buehrer camp says Latta’s claim inaccurate:
The Ohio Elections Commission tomorrow will examine a complaint filed by state [...]

We’ve had a few recent residency requirement questions here in the Toledo area, which is why this Blade article, Fiscal officer lacks residency requirement in York Township caught my eye. It goes to show that sometimes mere “coffee-shop chatter” can sometimes end up being true:
C. Yvonne Beck, who was appointed the township’s clerk in [...]

Those that make up the Hildo tackle the topic of LCIC this week in the Toledo City Paper, this of course was written before the news today that Ferguson resigned before he was officially terminated. One part shared by the Hildos that I do 100% agree with:
We can be the renewable energy capital of [...]

This week’s edition of the Sojourner’s Truth is online, with the focus of This Strikes Us sharing some additional thoughts on the upcoming school board race and education here in the US as well as Toledo. Some interesting observations are made in this recommended article. Continuing the series of interviews by Fletcher Word [...]

This in via email from the office of Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop:
Commissioner Konop Named Chairman for LCIC CEO Search Committee Konop to conduct national search for economic development chief
After today’s meeting of the LCIC’s Executive Committee, Commissioner Ben Konop was selected to chair the search committee for a new LCIC CEO. Commissioner Konop has [...]

Breaking news from Toledo Free Press, Mayor subpoenaed in noise ordinance case:
Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner has been subpoenaed in a case involving alleged violations of the city’s noise ordinance that occurred at a Downtown bar this summer.
The case, which involves eight misdemeanor counts against five individuals who worked at The Durty Bird, 2 S. St. [...]