Glass City Jungle

Today at the Thursday meeting in Columbus of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission probable cause was found in the cases of Morehead, Daugherty and Griffin v. The City of Toledo. Shaun Hegarty reported on the story at 10:00 p.m. on Fox Toledo. It was reported that the Mayor has stated he will [...]

I had to read this twice to make sure I was reading it correctly:
Ohio would close two mental health institutions, slash as many as 2,700 state jobs, and introduce state lottery-operated electronic gambling devices in bars under Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to stop the state’s budget bleeding.
I tried, I really did but I can’t see [...]

This in via email:
Toledo Welcomes Columbus Sponsored by the Toledo Public Schools Parent Congress
February 2, 2008
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Doors Open at 9:30 a.m.
Rogers High School Auditorium
Meet State Legislators:
Representative Edna Brown
Senator Teresa Fedor
Representative Peter Ujvagi

Well, looks like the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that red-light cameras and cameras for speeding are constitutional, according to this morning’s Blade:
COLUMBUS — In a much anticipated ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court today unanimously upheld the constitutionality of red light and speeding enforcement cameras like those employed by Toledo.

If you haven’t stopped by, the Carnival of Ohio Politics 102 is live. I lost track of my days, so I’m not in this week’s but…there are some pretty fantastic posts by Ohio bloggers who actually do pay attention to what time and what day of the week it is. Ben did a [...]

It seems my former neighbor has drawn the attention of those who make up the Hildo in this week’s Toledo City Paper and it also appears that what is being stated in The Bright Lights of Broadway has some truth to it:
Late last year (October 31, 2007) we wrote a column questioning the residency of [...]

This in via email from offices of the Lucas County Commissioners:
DEADLINE FOR DOG LICENSE RENEWALS QUICKLY APPROACHING
Lucas County Commissioners and Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon want the public to know that the deadline for purchasing a 2008 Dog License is fast approaching.
Dog licenses are $25 and Lucas County dog owners are required to [...]

This week’s Sojourner’s Truth has quite a few articles that focus on the Mayor, Reverend Rose, the 3/4% Income Tax and the continuing “enough is enough” moments being expressed by those in the black community. Lafe Tolliver starts out with A Political Cream Pie in Your Face where he closes with:
I have stated the [...]

Two weeks ago the vote was delayed for CareNet to enable Toledo Councilman Tom Waniewski to continue to try to raise private sector funding for the City’s share of the $65,000 CareNet contribution. Part of the concern expressed at the time was that the money be identified as who was donating and that it [...]

This in as a media release:
Friedman Announces Candidacy for State Central Committeeman 2nd Senate District
Michael L. Friedman, a long time party activist in both Sylvania, Ohio and the Springfield Township area, is proud to announce his candidacy for State Central Committeeman in the 2nd Senate District of Ohio. On March 4, 2008 residents in Wood, [...]

Yesterday Tom Troy reported in the Blade that there was going to be a staff recommendation of probable cause in the discrimination cases of three Toledo residents. The Mayor’s staff then issued a statement questioning this and stating that no recommendation had been made. Let’s take the exact statements from yesterday from both [...]

Yes, I’m still not feeling great but I had wanted to attend my first South Toledo Democratic Club Meeting so off we headed just down the street to Lido Lanes. There was a really good turnout of people and the speakers focused on the three Democratic presidential candidates. I wasn’t really sure what [...]

For those of you following the Karyn McConnell Hancock story, breaking news from earlier, from today’s court appearance:
Karyn McConnell Hancock was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Toledo Municipal Court and was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of making false alarms.

As pointed out by RocketsMan in the thread discussing the Blade reporting that “probable cause” was by Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the City Administration has issued a release that contradicts this:
OCRC SPOKESMAN BACKS AWAY FROM CLAIM THAT PROBABLE CAUSE HAS BEEN FOUND IN CASE
Toledo, Ohio – This morning, in a conversation with the City of [...]

If you have been stopping by to read Tim Russo’s series of “What I think of your blog” on ErieBlu, Glass City Jungle was reviewed in the latest edition, What I think of your blog – Dem grab bag.
If my stomach could take it? I’d be breaking out the Packo’s…Instead I’ll have to just [...]

While I’ve been lounging, they’ve been working. Some great things are happening as well as some stories that many of us might not have heard of, like the ABLE suit. What I think is really noteworthy is solutions are being discussed and found…
Stop by and get caught up on what’s been happening…

Last night at ten on Fox Toledo Shaun Hegarty reported on the continuing story of the CareNet situation, it was reported that Toledo City Councilman Tom Waniewski had raised a good portion of the $65,000 funding from the private sector that he’d prefer to see used over city funding but it was not clear if [...]

The Ohio Civil Rights Commission staff has found probable cause that the Finkbeiner administration discriminated against Perlean Griffin, former executive director of Affirmative Action/Contract Compliance; Dwayne Morehead, former co-executive director of the Youth Commission, and Gary Daugherty, a former manager in environmental services.
The website for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission does not have [...]

I’ve moved beyond the typical bronchial virus type thing into the wonderful land of pneumonia, but it seems many of us have a favorite cure. So, since the cold and flu and other “ickies” season is upon us, here’s your chance to share what you’ve found works for you. You might just help [...]

The Blade has the story and for more details you can read the Press Release:
CLEVELAND- The American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed a motion for preliminary injunction today asking Judge Kathleen O’Malley of the Federal Court of the Northern District of Ohio to prevent Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer [...]

This in via email from the Sikora for Justice campaign:
Judge Sikora Tells Ohio Chamber of Commerce “Thanks, But No Thanks”
CLEVELAND — The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, in what could best be described as an act of sheer “political chutzpah”, has asked Ohio Supreme Court candidate Judge Peter Sikora to participate in its judicial candidate endorsement [...]

Maybe it’s all the medications I’m on right now, but I have a hard time visualizing Jon Stainbrook as an “insurgent” in reading today’s Blade. Search for images on “insurgents” and this is what you find:

The cover story for this week’s Toledo Free Press is on something called Meta-Planning where there is in addition to that cover story a whole section on Meta-Planning with several noteworthy articles including one from Governor Strickland.
While I concentrated on Presidential blogging, it was great to see that Matt Sussman is keeping the [...]

Bill Hormann was filling in for Lee Conklin on Conklin & Company on WTVG, the first segment was with Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop who had just left a meeting before the show was taped where it was learned that the City of Toledo was not going to provide funding to LCIC. [...]

This in via email:
Toledo City Councilwoman Lindsay Webb, elected to represent residents of District 6 in Toledo, Ohio will be unable to attend next week’s Toledo City Council Meeting where the vote on CareNet is expected to take place. “My organization, the National Employment Law Project, has a brand new Executive Director and I [...]

This in via email:
It’s time for the Lucas County Young Democrats Annual Meeting. This is the first meeting of the year and we will be holding elections for officers. The President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Event’s Planner positions are all on the ballot. If you are interested in running for a [...]

This was posted in the comments of another thread a few days ago and I promised to post it on it’s own so that those of you who are interested will know about the event.
President Reagan once said, “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
Like President Reagan, the Toledo Young Republican Club believes [...]

Even while still being weak and feverish, I hoped yesterday when I first heard that the Mayor was going to have a press conference to respond to the statements Rev. Floyd Rose made that it would not make things worse. I’m not sure if that has happened from what I’m hearing as far as [...]

I couldn’t be there because I was sick, but my husband went in my absence and he was the only person that was there that was not related to Government or the traditional media. This was not promoted as well as it could have been but it was promoted, so it’s very disappointing that [...]

I’ve managed to not be able to avoid this bronchial whatever it is type virus that has been going around so, a light posting alert since I’ve been spending time in bed, drinking plenty of liquids and all of that jazz….