Archive - 2007

"Buoyed by the still unsettled field, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
is growing increasingly enchanted with the idea of an independent
presidential bid, and his aides are aggressively laying the groundwork

"Huckabee stands by remark urging nation toward Christ

"Fourteen months after completion of a $48 million
addition to the city's wastewater-treatment system, Toledo's Bay View
treatment plant no longer dumps raw sewage into the Maumee River.

Why wasn't my recycling picked up last week as per the City of Toledo Recycling schedule ? The recycling truck drove down my street 3 times and picked nothing up. Also, the regular trash collectors picked up the cardboard and newspapers I set aside for recycling. Is Toledo serious about recycling or not ?

Here is an article from the blade on the top internet stories of 2007 month by month. what do you think, what did they miss, what story was the big one of the year for you? How did Faygo turning 100 make the list?

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071230/NEWS08/10...

I can't believe I am reading this. The district has so many things challenging it (such as actually compiling with the law and working to fix the 54% of schools with a D or F ranking) and they want to collect diversity stats to check the diversity practices of the financial institutions?

In light of the subsequent history of Iraq, it seems
almost unthinkable that 30 years ago Britain sold millions of pounds of
military equipment to the country's Baathist government.

"Foreign Office papers, just released by the National
Archives in London, show that defence sales to Iraq in 1976 amounted to

The spiritual leader of Iraq's Chaldean Christian
community has called on US forces to release Saddam Hussein's ex-deputy
Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7158721.stm

I have found out that Karma may be causing you to lose the ability to edit comments. Until I can track it down, I have disabled it for now. Sorry for the inconvenience

I have implemented a new Karma system so that registered users can rate content and user comments.

State Representative Mark Wagoner today filed petitions to be a candidate for the 2nd Senate District in 2008. The 2nd Senate District includes Wood, Erie, Ottawa and western Lucas County.

Marcy Kaptur takes a different tone on the muderer that killed Bhutto.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) released a statement condemning the Ms. Bhutto's assassination, calling her killers "dastardly perpetrators."

"Let us hope that her example will serve to light the way for Pakistan to join the community of nations in adopting the rule of law," Miss Kaptur said.

From The BEAST: America's Best Fiend... and because there just wasn't enough hate this year.

http://www.buffalobeast.com/122/50mostloathsome2007.html

with a nice lady in BG .

We nixed the zoo lights- bad weather. It would have been outdoors , walking , sights and sounds , all things fun .
So something simple ....

The message flickered into Cindy Fleenor's living room each night:
Be faithful in how you live and how you give, the television preachers
said, and God will shower you with material riches.

An Associated Press review of public records shows Toledo Democrat Marcy Kaptur ranked second in Ohio in postage-free congressional mailings.

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=7548458

Included is a guide to Toledo.

-Robert Cross' 8 reasons to go
-Guide to attractions and links to Tribune stories.

Two municipal employees have filed racial discrimination lawsuits, within a week of each other, against the city of Toledo.
Firefighter Roger Swan filed suit Dec. 14 in U.S. District Court in
Toledo claiming that he has been "subjected to a hostile work
environment due to his race." Mr. Swan is seeking both a culture of

Since I recently started a new job in Oregon I've seen more of the east side then I had in my entire life.
I'm a bit confused about the Toledo/Oregon border though and I thought that maybe someone here might know the answer.

"The weeks to come will determine just how severe a blow Benazir Bhutto's death is to Pakistan, but debate over Washington's role in the run up to this tragic day will continue well beyond that." http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698562,00.html

Mike Miller was just on WSPD giving his weekly preview of the upcoming issue of the Toledo Free Press. He's doing a 'best of' 2007 and I just heard him mention that Chris Myers/Swamp Bubbles and Lisa Renee/Glass City Jungle made the list of 'newsmakers' for their blogs.

Congrats to both of them!

Dear President Ashford:

Several Toledo police officers quelled a fight Tuesday night involving more than 100 people that began inside a movie theater in Westfield Franklin Park mall, police said.

No one was arrested and there were no reports of injuries, police said.