This link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car, looks at electric cars. I saw that the Ceberus Corporation will be offering an electric Jeep with the equivalent of 50 mpg and a 400 mile range. Who will buy one? Will they be too costly to run because of the costs of electricity, or will they make Toledo a less noisy place (except for the boom boxes)? Are the "Big 3" betting on a public that is not ready to give up their gasoline-powered, go-anywhere vehicles?

Apparently most of our crime problems have been solved as Toledo Police have received directives to crack down of parking violations. The proof is right outside my studio door each morning. Two weeks ago I got a ticket for parking in a no parking zone, one in which I've parked most mornings for the last 15 years. Once in a great while TPD will come by and ticket me, maybe 4 times in all those years. It's on Water St. at 4am so I don't think they gave it much thougth most days.

Toledo has a new coach?
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Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Tim Beckman is expected to be introduced as the University of Toledo’s new head football coach on Thursday, the Tulsa World has learned.

Diane Rehm had an interesting program this morning on the automotive industry, http://wamu.org/audio/dr/08/12/r1081203-23014.asx. These were the guests:
David Shepardson (DS), is Washington reporter for The Detroit News. He covers the automotive industry, regulatory affairs, and environmental issues.
Stephen Moore (SM), is a member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board and former President of the Club for Growth.

Looks like the party is over. I have a feeling the auto industry and Toledo will not be the same regardless if the Democrats in Congress decide to bail out the auto industry and the Unions. What will come out of all of this? Hopefully, there will be leaner more competitive companies, but the companies and the City we knew last month will most likely no longer exist. Only time will tell if our leaders can get out of their inbred ideas and move the area forward.

Don Boudreaux, Chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University and a Business & Media Institute adviser, has posted his letter to the editor he sent the Toledo Blade. It is no wonder George Mason has such a great economics department :).

He hammers the point home by saying:

Does anyone have any word on how the Philip J. Berg situation is moving along? of course I'm referring to the lawsuit against Bush, Cheney, et al. Can someone from WSPD ask him?

Before the election, there was lots of fretting that things could go really badly in Ohio and that the state could end up looking like Florida in 2000.

People said that in 2004, too, and what do you want to bet that they'll say it in 2012?

Looking for something new on the radio? Tired of hearing about the plastic bag tax and the blah, blah, blah? Tune in to where newsmakers and celebrities come to talk. The Troy Neff Show on 1230 WCWA, 6 to 10am.

Kurt Angle Interview

As I contemplated the election, a couple of things were disappointing. I have a question for you people, what damn taxes don’t you like? Is there a tax you don’t like? If there was a tax that could be increased, you people did it. What the hell were you thinking? Where’s the money going to come from with more people losing their jobs every week?

Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired.

Wednesday morning at 7:30 I'll be speaking with Keith Christman, Senior Director, Packaging, AMERICAN. CHEMISTRY COUNCIL. We'll discuss the mayor's proposal to tax your use of plastic bags. I know this topic is discussed in other threads but I don't believe many people follow the threads once they go to the bottom of the page.

The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials.

I am under the weather right now but given the time sensitive nature of this, I wanted to post the latest Toledo YR e-mail:
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December 2008A Public Hearing December 2, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Board of County Commissioners Hearing Room, One Government Center.

Greetings!

This week Toledo YR Club President, Jeff Simpson and
Club member, Mark Kidman will speak out against the
proposed real estate conveyance fee increase at a public
hearing in front of the county commissioners.

I strikes me a bit, because all I hear the national radio wing nuts talking about is the "Obama Recession"...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS236US236&q=%22obama+r...

I'm not sure how that was ever suppose to work, but maybe this will shut them up for a about 10 seconds...who I'm I kidding, fact never mattered before, why should they now.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/01/news/economy/recession/index.htm?postver...

Written by Troy Neff | Toledo Free Press Writer | troy@troyneff.com

There is one easy way to understand mortgages and that is to think of the process from the point of view of the lender.

Another big time guest on the Troy Neff Show!

Listen to Troy's interview with ESPN's Kenny Mayne on his new web series Mayne Street. The series showcases the dry wit humor of the ESPN broadcaster.

Morning Podcasts:

Kenny Mayne Interview

So, I was always wondering why the City of Toledo would have a problem with plastic bags going into the landfill. Most of the plastic bags I have, have a little recycling logo at the bottom of the bag, and I thought it was strange with such a high recycling rate in the City, why this would be a problem. Then I remembered why I have never recycled a plastic bag, but more on that in a second.

The blog takes issue with:

Councilman Joe McNamara supports the idea, offering some commonly held misconceptions about plastic bags in the process:

"The plastic bags are petroleum-based and they take up a lot of space in our landfill," he said. "Anything that ultimately saves the landfill will save the taxpayers money."

Marcy Kaptur was a subject of the UK's Guardian paper on 11/3. It is an older article, but I think it worthy of posting. Check out the video and let me know what you think. I can't embed it here.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/uselectionroadtrip/2008/nov/03/uselectio...

in mental health problems among soldiers when they return from deployment. Fifteen thousand are returning from the combat zone in a few months and many of them have been out there as many as four times. The army is worried it might be overwhelmed by the mental problems of the returnees. My question: didn't they have these problems in Iraq and why weren't they diagnosed there where the damage occurred?