Northwest Ohio

If it is on the Internet, I can find it. So when the patriotic song by Jon Stainbrook mysteriously disappeared, I took it upon myself to see if it was anywhere else. And by golly, some admiring myspace fan posted the song on their site and if you feel patriotic after listening to it, you can share and embed it on your site because that user of course had permission to post it....right?

If you have listened to Wilma Brown in the last two weeks, you would think that we would need to call in the Marines call in the army to deal with the out of control child care centers. I have not seen a childcare center problem (I live in Wilma Brown's district) but this flooding occurs on a regular basis and no one has done anything about it.

One has to wonder. My neighborhood is filled with smoke from fireworks. I think this year is worse than before and has even made it into our house. Will the smoke nazis stand up and protect us innocents from secondhand fireworks smoke, which unlike smoking is actually illegal?

"DETROIT - Faced with soaring gas prices, a sputtering economy, and rapid U.S. market shift away from trucks, the U.S. auto industry's weakest player, Chrysler, may have to seek bankruptcy or sell its Jeep and Dodge Ram brands as early as next year, JPMorgan said yesterday.

But rivals GM and Ford are likely to get through the rough patch and turn a profit in 2010."

"Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday said the city - with the help of a data analysis firm based in Washington - identified enough people uncounted by the U.S. Census Bureau to boost the population back over the 300,000 mark.

I hope you all have a happy 4th of July! I have been quiet recently but that is a good thing. While I work on my stuff, I may be a bit more quiet but I will be stopping by and checking in and posting things.

In case you haven't heard...the Cliff notes:

Lady from Toledo lists auction on eBay begging people to donate money to help them save their house. After all, they have 4 kids and need to keep a roof over their head. (See the original NBC24 story about them here: http://www.wnwo.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=154505

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday painted a bright picture for the city's downtown development and job creation while just hours later Toledo City Council's finance committee received some dire warnings for next year's budget.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) will lead a nine-person Toledo delegation to Nova Scotia to tour the site of a proposed deepwater container terminal that could become a link for international freight shipments to and from Toledo.

Does anyone know where Jim Blue has gone? He's apparently gone from WNWO TV24's news team. I noticed he wasn't on the news tonight and when I checked their website, he's not even listed anymore.

TOLEDO, Oh -- A recent study by the Business Travel Coalition identified Toledo Express Airport as one of the 100 markets most likely to lose some or all passenger service.

http://www.myfoxtoledo.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6847383&ver...

Some thoughts while reading Local pundits respond:

"Commissioner-turned-radio-talk-show-host Maggie Thurber said people are frustrated, but not necessarily with economic and social issues.

Last week in this publication, Maggie Thurber took the time to recognize the work I've done to try to make Lucas County more economically competitive and give our hard-working residents some opportunities for gainful employment (“Konopnomics,” June 22).

http://www.koat.com/news/16713740/detail.html?rss=alb&psp=news

"Voters in Santa Fe will head to the polls next spring. The question is whether those buying a high-end home have to pay a little extra to help out others."

"The measure would charge a one percent fee on for the amount of a home sale that exceeds $650,000.

Beachwood cancels Rec League all-star baseball game

http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520...
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Rec Center feels singling out players can hurt youthful self confidence.
Thursday, June 26, 2008

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg

I found this quite interesting. Always gotta love when the government tells us what we can and cannot do

The Toledo Free Press is asking if things are spinning out of control. What do you think?

You can read the original piece at:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=5217875

You can read what others have to say in the area:
http://www.toledofreepress.com/?id=8144

A great observation/response by Ohio Blogger, Tom Blumer can be read at:

How interesting that one day after I talk about how large government spending to restart the economy on WSPD, that Ben Konop comes out and writes an article on how proud he is about doing such a thing. Of course I had no clue he would be writing this piece, but I wanted to reemphasize that this area is a perfect example of how government spending to create jobs does not work.

I read with great interest the Blade today. What was really interesting was the photo of shredded paper without any context. One wonders why it was added and looks strange compared to the rest of the article.

The second thing I noticed was what appears Jon to be saying that Board of Elections members should not be paid. Jon does this mean you will decline to be paid if you get on the board?

The Maumee Mirror has the story of a plan which would put a county sales tax on the ballot to fund TARTA......Townships which currently do not have service are not in favor of this idea and Andy Glenn of Springfield Township will explain why at 7:30 Thursday.

Insiders report most spending has targeted individual states or psychographics -- as Loew put it, "left-handed people in Toledo." That could bode well for ad networks, known for such targeting.

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/media/e3i2da171c37e1d75e27...

Although the credibility of the report is called into question with the first statement like:

What the heck is going on with this guy?
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TOLEDO -- A day after News 11 broke the story of a man accused of threatening a University of Toledo trustee, more people have come forward saying they have also been victims of harassment by the accused.

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

TPS will be talking more about Scott High School and the building plan at their meeting tomorrow night. If you did not hear Eye on Toledo last Thursday, you can learn more about Scott High School and what is going on there by listening to the recently posted podcast on the Eye on Toledo site.

http://www.wspd.com/main.html

From the Columbus Dispatch:
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Of the thousands of aspiring Pamela Andersons, only one will become Playboy magazine's 55th-anniversary Playmate.

She might be picked from the pool of 600 applicants who visited the Westin Columbus during a two-day casting call this week -- or from the six other cities where the magazine is hosting talent searches this year.