The Lucas County Improvement Corp.'s top executive again drew fire from a county commissioner yesterday, this time for his overall job performance.

WASHINGTON - The number and overall cost of congressional pet projects added to the national defense budget are both down sharply, in the first appropriations season since Congress moved to require members to attach their names to so-called earmarks in spending bills.

Because you should have access to the board on your time, not theirs, here is the audio of the school board meeting.

It's no surprise that politicians are rarely conversant with the limits on their legislating found in the U.S. Constitution. But it is worth noting when federal judges have actually read the First Amendment and strike down a law accordingly.

Robert Russ Said: on 9-25-2007 @3:30 am

People with delinquent tax debts to the city of Toledo have a two-month window, beginning yesterday, to pay their tax and avoid penalties and interest.

Total unpaid taxes are estimated at $17 million, reaching back to 1971, said Clarence Coleman, the city's commissioner of taxation. But he said many of those debts are not collectible.

Last Saturday

11 am deadline wasn't reached, GM employees across the country (including Powertrain) walked off the job shortly after 11 am.

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By JIM PROVANCE
BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU
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COLUMBUS - Ohio should immediately stop carrying out executions until it fixes problems to ensure the state imposes the death penalty fairly and equitably, an American Bar Association study committee urged this morning.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20

Has anyone else heard of the gang fight which took place Friday night at the Speedway on the corner of Arlington at South Detroit. My brother stopped in to get his evening cup of coffee and was an eye witness to the ensuing rumble.

Each month Toledo cuts a $240,000 check to Teamsters Local 20, a transaction that explains what happens when contract negotiations and politics collide in a cash-strapped city.

"I have no idea," said Calvin Brown, Toledo's commissioner of administrative services. "That is the nature of things. That is how the contract is written."

Less than a month after the grand opening, business at a new pedal-boat rental in International Park on the city's east side was stalled yesterday after thieves made off with life preservers, seat cushions, and navigation lights.

Toledo school board candidate indicted on 6 counts involving kids
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Richard Brown, 33, a candidate for the Toledo Board of Education, was indicted today on six counts that involve child endangerment and disseminating harmful materials to juveniles.

Amtrak is offering $100 in free booze to its customers who travel on certain overnight routes, like the Chicago-San Francisco run and the Washington, D.C. to Miami run.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Police Say Man Fed Cats to His Pit Bulls
Thursday, 20-Sep-2007 4:50PM EDT Story from AP
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - A man captured neighborhood cats and kittens and fed them live to his pit bulls, authorities said Thursday. Tye Hilmo, 21, was charged Thursday with aggravated cruelty to animals.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg

Well worth the 4 minute watch. Sadly, so true. If this doesn't make you angry, you need to wake up.