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03.15.10
‘Toyota Way’ Under Recall

‘Toyota Way’ Under Recall

Toyota’s ‘lean management’ and ‘just in time’ production model is the toast of business schools, but 8.5 million faulty cars have taken the bloom off the rose.
By Joseph B. Atkins
http://www.populist.com/10.5.atkins.html
A century ago, Frederick W. Taylor, the mechanical engineer whose book The Principles of Scientific Management influenced generations of business owners and managers, had this to say about American working people:

03.13.10
Toledo Sister Cities Hosts 2010 International Festival

Event features food, dancing, musical performances from around the world

Toledo Sister Cities International will host a new and expanded International Festival on March 20th at the Civic Center Promenade in the Erie Street Market. The afternoon event will feature food, dancing, music and other performances by participants celebrating the cultures of Spain, China, Hungary, Poland, Japan, Tanzania, Germany, Lebanon, Pakistan, India and Egypt.

03.08.10
Right Wing Health Care Hate Mongers

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03052010/watch.html
March 5, 2010
Bill Moyers sits down with former insurance executive turned public health advocate Wendell Potter, who argues that all is not lost in the healthcare bill and details what he likes about the legislation.

As Democrats in Congress and the President move forward on health care reform, giant health insurance companies are back in the news, and they aren't winning many friends.

03.04.10
Coffee Party wakes up the US radicals

Group countering Tea Party movement growing in strength
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100304-0000089/Coffee-Party-wakes-up...

Mar 04, 2010

03.04.10
Officials: Drivers report trouble with fixed Toyotas

http://www.freep.com/article/20100303/BUSINESS01/100303045/1319/Official...
WASHINGTON – About ten Toyota owners have complained to U.S. auto safety regulators that their vehicles suffered some kind of sudden acceleration after being repaired under Toyota’s two recalls for the problem.

The complaints highlighted by safety advocate Sean Kane drew a quick response today from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which said it would investigate.

02.26.10
Unionized Toyota?

Some thoughts as "Toyota week" kicks off on Capitol Hill:
By Mike Thompson (Blog)
http://www.freep.com/article/20100224/BLOG24/100223068/0/celebrate/Toyot... (MORE)

02.24.10
DPS privatizing bus service

Last Updated: February 24. 2010 12:07PM
DPS privatizing bus service
Plan saves financially strapped school district $50 million; 289 drivers to lose jobs
Tom Greenwood and Oralandar Brand-Williams / The Detroit News
http://detnews.com/article/20100224/SCHOOLS/2240342/1026/DPS-privatizing...
Detroit -- Detroit Public Schools' move to privatize bus service for thousands of students will mean nearly 300 drivers will lose their jobs with the district, but savings of about $50 million over five years.

02.22.10
Toledo Sister Cities Announces International Festival

Mayor Bell to Serve as Honorary Chair

Mayor Michael P. Bell will join representatives of Toledo Sister Cities and Great Lakes Consortium to announce the Toledo Sister Cities International Festival at a press conference on Tuesday, February 23 at 10 a.m. in the Toledo Sister Cities offices.

02.17.10
Bell's First State of the City, February 24th

Bell To Hold First State of the City, February 24th

Mayor Michael P. Bell will hold his first State of the City address at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 in Nitchke Auditorium on the campus of the University of Toledo. The event is free and open to the public. There are no tickets required for admission and seating is available on a first come, first available basis. Capacity in the auditorium is 1,000 seats. Convenient free parking for the event is located in lots 19 and 20.

02.16.10
Leaders of Tea Party, GOP to meet on strategies

WASHINGTON — About 50 leaders of the grassroots Tea Party movement will meet in Washington today with Republican Party chairman Michael Steele and other top party operatives to discuss campaign strategies and conservative principles.

02.16.10
SMB-Toledo: Online Community Building

So, your business or organization has a Facebook Page, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn Group and/or a blog.

Now what?

Once you establish a presence in social media for your business or organization, you have to establish and grow an online community to achieve marketing value and other objectives you may set.

02.16.10
State Budget Woes A Drag On Growth, And Will Get Worse

On Friday February 12, 2010, 7:03 pm EST
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/State-Budget-Woes-A-Drag-On-ibd-483598023....
As Washington works to rev up the economy and spur hiring with yet another dose of stimulus, state and local governments are busily applying the fiscal brakes.

Tax hikes, spending cuts and layoffs top the agenda as states continue to wrestle with severe budget crises that largely can't be deferred by borrowing.

02.14.10
Government’s successes exceed its failures

Letter-to-the-Editor Monroe Evening News (Feb 13)
Government’s successes exceed its failures
A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 45 percent of people are very angry at the government. One long-standing complaint is that government can’t do things right.

02.12.10
Toyota faces massive legal liability

Legal expenses and damages could add billions to Toyota's recall costs, with dozens of suits pending over injuries and deaths and at least 30 seeking class-action status over lost use of vehicles.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toyota-liability12-2010feb12,0,579...
Toyota Motor Corp.'s massive recalls for acceleration and braking problems are creating a huge legal liability for the company -- and Toyota owners may share in the pain.

02.11.10
SMB Toledo: Building Your Online Community

Time: February 23, 2010 from 7:30am to 9:30am
Location: Toledo Museum of Art: Green Room
Organized By: Mike Driehorst

Event Description:
The first Social Media Breakfast-Toledo event of 2010 is set.

David Murray, Director of Social Web Communications for The Bivings Group of Washington D.C., will detail ethics and methodologies to enable businesses and organizations to realize value from their social media endeavors.

02.10.10
Sylvania Township auto dealer to alter sign Taylor agrees to slow message changes

Article published Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sylvania Township auto dealer to alter sign
Taylor agrees to slow message changes
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100210/NEIGHBORS...
Sylvania Township and ODOT say Taylor's bright sign has drawn complaints about the possibility of drivers finding it so distracting that it might lead to crashes.
( THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON )

By DAVID PATCH
BLADE STAFF WRITER

02.09.10
Official: State Farm warned NHTSA on Toyota in '07

Official: State Farm warned NHTSA on Toyota in '07
Nick Carey
DETROIT
Mon Feb 8, 2010 5:42pm EST
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61751H20100208
DETROIT (Reuters) - Private insurer State Farm informed a government regulator of a worrying trend of vehicle-caused accidents involving Toyota Motor Corp as far back as late 2007, an official at the company said.

02.08.10
Toyota's once-golden resale value gets dented

Toyota's once-golden resale value gets dented
By DAVE CARPENTER, AP Personal Finance Writer Dave Carpenter, Ap Personal Finance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_used_car_value
CHICAGO – Toyota owners looking to trade in their cars have little reason to sing the carmaker's old ad slogan, "I love what you do for me — Toyota!"

02.06.10
McConnell Raised Big Bucks From Foreign Defense Contractor Probed For Bribery

Zachary Roth | February 3, 2010
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/mcconnell_raised_big_b...
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02052010/watch2.html

02.04.10
Nader Accuses Toyota of ‘Unseemly Coverup' in Vehicle Recalls

©2010 Bloomberg News
By Angela Greiling Keane
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. is guilty of an “unseemly coverup” in dealing with reports of dangerous sudden acceleration by some of its vehicles, consumer advocate Ralph Nader said.
http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-KXC7BE07SXKX-5
“Toyota dropped the ball -- too little, too late,” Nader, who founded groups including Public Citizen to push for strong auto-safety regulation, said in an interview yesterday. “It was an unseemly coverup.”

02.01.10
Raging elephants boot camp !

Apostle Claver Kamau-Imani is the founder and chairman of RagingElephants.org. The non-profit organization was created to be an advocate of conservative-libertarian social, economic and political issues, to lobby political organizations and office holders, and to educate and organize the electorate on and for conservative-libertarian ideals. RagingElephants.org is a counterweight to liberal organizations like MoveOn, Emily’s List, ACORN and Organizing for America.
http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=296204551688

01.30.10
NEWS ALERT!: Consumer Reports suspends recommendations on eight Toyota models

Consumer Reports suspends recommendations on eight Toyota models
Jan 29, 2010
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/01/consumer-re...
Consumer Reports has temporarily suspended its "recommended" status for eight Toyota vehicle models and one Pontiac model that may have accelerator pedals that can stick and cause unintended acceleration.

01.28.10
ALERT!!!! General Motors offers incentives to Toyota owners worried by recall

General Motors offers incentives to Toyota owners worried by recall
Bring in a Camry, for example, and get $1000 off this 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LT.
By GM, Wieck
General Motors launched a campaign today to give Toyota owners worried about the ongoing recall over sticking gas pedals extra incentive to consider buying a GM vehicle.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/01/general-mot...

01.26.10
Toyota halts US sales of 8 recalled vehicle models

By KEN THOMAS

01.25.10
Foreign Money in American Politics?

Foreign Money in American Politics?
Some Say Supreme Court's Decision in Citizens United Case Has Opened New Path
By MATTHEW MOSK
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/foreign-money-american-politics/story?id=9...
Jan. 24, 2010 —
Some election lawyers believe that last week's landmark U.S. Supreme Court opinion may have opened a new avenue for foreign money to enter the American political system, and that the justices are inviting a repeat of the 1996 Chinese money scandal that bloodied the Clinton administration.