Award chase may end with reality check

Time to put up or shut up, Toledo.

Anyone excited by the possibility that this place could be named "Most Liveable City," please send a single dollar bill to city hall.

This would spare Mayor Carty Finkbeiner the considerable bother of privately fund-raising as much as $40,000 for a trip to make our case for snaring the LivCom Award.

This is starting to look like the leadup all over again to the Iraq invasion back in 2003. The rhetoric is beginning, using words like "obvious" and "World War III". Leading the pack is non other than Dick Cheney. It's getting very, very scary. And, by the way, gas prices are going up again.

From the AP:

Read the full story here: 7 in hunt for 2 seats on board
By IGNAZIO MESSINA
BLADE STAFF WRITER
The Nov. 6 election will be the climax of an increasingly fierce seven-person race for two seats on the Toledo Board of Education.

Concerns are being raised about Toledo police's decision to eliminate the day shift of a specialized team of officers trained to respond to crisis situations, such as school shootings and hostage situations.

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Friday the head of the Justice Department's voting rights division should be fired for saying voter ID laws hurt the elderly but aren't a problem for minorities because they often die before old age.

Teen's taped confession to be heard in court

Oct 5, 2007 06:04 AM

TOLEDO -- There are new details today in the case of Robert Jobe, who has been accused of killing Det. Keith Dressel.

Read the story here: http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=7167970&nav=menu34_2_4_4

Assaults on students forces lockdown of a Toledo school

Oct 19, 2007 07:14 AM

TOLEDO -- Several reports of violent attacks against Toledo students Thursday morning forced Toledo Public Schools to lock down a high school.

Read the story here: http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=7231966

NEW YORK - James Watson, the 79-year-old scientific icon made famous by his work in DNA, has set off an international furor with comments to a London newspaper about intelligence levels among blacks.

The renowned Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where Watson served as chancellor, suspended his administrative responsibilities Thursday following the outcry, the laboratory said in a news release.

WASHINGTON - Religious and cultural conservatives, a political force skeptical of the leading Republican presidential candidates, are caught in a tug of war between pragmatism and ideology.

"My head and my heart are fighting with each other," said Phil Burress, an Ohioan who has lobbied hard for federal and state bans on gay marriage.

The vexing choices facing these voters:

STATEMENT OF CITY OF PERRYSBURG MAYOR NELSON EVANS ON THE MATTER OF THE TOLEDO AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY 1.5 MILL REPLACEMENT LEVY PROPOSAL ON THE NOVEMBER 6, 2007 BALLOT

Only 4 hours away from Toledo and the outdoor smoking bans are now to protect the envrionment and the children. The National Smoke Nazis are definately a high performance political marketing machine.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/smoking.ban.beaches.2.377241.html

There are a couple of debates scheduled for the Toledo Public School board candidates and I'm curious...

1) Will you attend or watch them on tv, either live or otherwise?

2) What questions would you like asked?

3) If you could ask only one candidate a question, who would you pick and what question would you ask?

Please share your thoughts...

Somewhere in his busy schedule of vandalizing local property I'm told Larry Kaczala squeezed in a fundraiser last week at 20 North Gallery.

Any word on if Cpt. Noe was able to sneak out his liscene-plate stamping stipend to help build Larry's coffers--for old time sake?