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Another TAX. Where does it end? We are not asking them to do with less. Just NO MORE! We already have to many taxes. And there all to darn high. NO MORE.

VOTE NO on May 4th. The Toledo 3/4 % pay check tax !

Taxes Are Like Drugs, Just Say NO !

Tuesday morning at 7:30a Mike Bell will be on the show to talk about the budget turned over to City Council this afternoon. 'Nuff said.

I must apologize publicly for something I said on air a few months ago, and am doing it here as well as on air Thursday.
When the Cash For Clunkers program began under the auspices of the Federal Govt. I jokingly said on air that "next we'll have Cash For Kitchens". Obviously I was joking because the idea of using tax dollars to help people buy appliances is so obviously ludicrous.

Here is the 2010 Buckeye Institute State of the State. I will write some more about it in just a bit, but here it is now for your perusal.

We need to pay attention to this brewing issue at BP. Toledo is supposed to be one of the main, mainland processors of oil sand crude and if there already is shareholder concern, what will happen to the future of the refinery in Oregon especially after they spend lots of money to convert it to process oil sand crude? If the Oregon plant is converted and BP pulls out, will it be rendered useless and close down? We will have to watch this.
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Columbus Dispatch has the latest:
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Commerce notified three payday lenders -- Check into Cash in Toledo, Quik Cash in Cleveland and 1st Choice Financial in Washington Court House -- that the state intends to revoke their lending licenses.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/04/payda...

Thursday morning both Bob Latta and Lee Fisher will be guests on my show. Congressman Latta at 7:30, Mr. Fisher at 8:30. Should be fun.

Toledo’s economy continues to struggle mightily, based on year-end numbers released by agencies that assist the unemployed and working poor. But officials on the front lines of the fight against poverty say many families are giving up hope and struggling even more as a result.

Lucas County Job and Family Services (JFS) provided food stamps for more than 87,000 people in 2009, a 16 percent jump in the number of clients compared with 2008. The number of people on Ohio Works First cash assistance also jumped by more than 11 percent in 2009.

Capitalism's woes cheered at World Social Forum
By ALAN CLENDENNING, Associated Press Writer Alan Clendenning, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jan 26, 1:28 am ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_social_f...

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Leftists are pouring into town to rail against freewheeling capitalism during the World Social Forum, gleefully cheering the humbling of bankers and business titans by the global economic meltdown.

I was not sent this directly, but wanted to publish it here. I am a happy customer of Tireman service centers. The local company's tire prices are very competitive and they back their warranties. I know this from the experiences I have had.
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Another ranking politicians will want to ignore.
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Last place in the small-business-vitality rankings again belongs to Detroit, which continues to pay the price for the decline of the domestic automotive industry. The Detroit area lost 298,000 jobs during the past five years—an employment decline of 16.3 percent, easily the worst in any metro. It also experienced short-term drops in population and the number of small businesses.

Joining Detroit in the bottom five, in descending order, are Youngstown, Dayton, and Toledo, Ohio, and Milwaukee.

Just in on my cell. Stainbrook has once again refused to sell tickets to Jeff Simpson for tomorrow's Lincoln Dinner. Luckily Jeff is our guest tomorrow morning at 8a on 1370 WSPD. Should be fun.

Once again the South YMCA Coalition does it's best to shoot themselves in the foot. It really makes you wonder what these people really want and what their motives really are. Teresa Fedor comes out against the Y? please, this organization does more good for kids than any other place in Toledo. So Teresa you're going to throw your support around a coalition whose leader has court cases against him for non child support payments and not paying his taxes. Let's see how this gets you re-elected.

After three years of researching, developing, fund-raising, and expanding, Toledo solar tech start-up Xunlight Corp. grew up yesterday by delivering its first shipment of commercially manufactured solar modules. It went to the University of Toledo, the institution that played a significant role in the company's birth.

The modules will be installed on a 10-kilowatt thin-film solar array on the grounds and the roof of the university's Scott Park campus, which is being renamed the Campus of Energy and Innovation.

Just read an interesting op-ed piece in Bloomberg by Amity Shlaes that draws parallels between what the Federal Govt is doing to business now and what FDR and company did to business in the 1930's. This is worth the read. Here is the link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aAdz7MFnI4X4

While The Blade's publisher is all worried about dogs, he missed another story that actually impacts many people who are disabled but still trying to contribute. Sad commentary on what passes for journalism at the local daily newspaper.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125918205048464519.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

If you didn't already hate Microsoft, this may push you over the edge: "Security experts raised privacy concerns after a US National Security Agency official revealed that the Agency collaborated with Microsoft during the development stage of Windows 7. The revelation was made in a prepared statement by NSA information assurance director Richard Schaeffer, before the US Senate’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, which operates under the Judiciary panel."

Owner of Burnsys Burgers & Brew in Oregon, Ohio Charged with Grand Theft.
An Indictment was filed by the Lucas County Grand Jury on November 12, 2009.

The Indictment states a Charge of Grand Theft a Felony of the 4th Degree.

Patrick L. Burns of 434 Cambridge Dr. Oregon, Ohio 43616 is named in the Indictment.
His past address is listed as 6029 Grisell Rd. Oregon, Ohio.

Patrick L. Burns and his wife Sandra I. Burns were the Owners of the former GameTime Sports Pub at 506 S. Lallendorf Rd. in Oregon, Ohio. Which went out of business and the property was sold at sheriff sale.

Bizjournals is reporting the latest Milken Institute rankings of tech jobs and Toledo rounds up the pack at 198 out of 200, only followed by Detroit and Flint. How depressing.
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No other major Ohio city finished higher than Columbus, though Cincinnati (138), Dayton (183) and Akron (186) all moved up the list compared with last year. The lowest-ranked Ohio city in the Milken report was Toledo, which finished 198th – just ahead of Detroit and Flint, Mich.

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/11/09/daily23.html

TOLEDO, Ohio, November 6, 2009 – Scion, the youth brand of Toyota, is bringing its 2009 College Ride & Drive Tour to the University of Toledo on Tuesday, November 10.