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BARACK OBAMA
Toledo Campaign Headquarters
GRAND OPENING

THURSDAY, JULY 24 at 5 pm

48 South Saint Clair

(next to Downtown Latte)

419-371-5421

This just in: LCRP endorses Jan Scotland for Commisioner. See the attached press release. There will be a press conference scheduled for Thurs morning at One Government Center at 10:30am where Jan will detail his platform. Jan, like many other taxpayers, are tired of the commissioners "pet projects". That taxpayer part was my editorial :)

I just listened back to the replay of my own show from this morning and heard Mike Miller at 6a say that the mayor is now conducting an investigation of his own into the Port Authority. Is this true or was Michael just pulling my leg? By the way I also heard that the police are not doing roll call at the Northwest Substation anymore, Tom Waniewski told me that at 6a on Monday.

Larry will get a chance to tell his side of the story on the Today show tomorrow. Tune in to find out, it will be in the 7am segment.
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http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS16/807230...

Is this truly necessary? When there's ALREADY an ongoing investigation? Will the taxpayers be footing the bill for BOTH investigations? (rhetorical question, of COURSE we will...)

Read about this cool program:
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Josh Sandwisch of Toledo, Ohio says the experience allows him to offer more than a lesson plan to his students.

The furor over shock jock Michael Savage’s autism rant intensified yesterday as parents of autistic kids called for his firing and at least one advertiser yanked its ads from his syndicated show.

Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins yesterday floated the idea of doubling the city's monthly storm water assessment to drastically cut the number of years it would take to complete $44 million in improvements the city needs for storm water control.

The current $3.16 assessment is charged on Toledo water bills and generates about $8 million annually.

From 13abc. Employees being terminated because they do not live in the City.
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The Toledo city charter states that employees must reside in the city, unless a waiver is given. The mayor decides who gets them, on a case-by-case basis. But if you don't get one and you live outside the city limits, you'll be canned.

City launches investigation of Port Authority

July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell for a second day in New York after forecasters expect Hurricane Dolly to miss fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the dollar rebounded, curbing investments in commodities.

Fred will be speaking with Mike MIller at 6a Wednesday morning about a story the Toledo Free Press broke this afternoon. In what must be the last desperate move of a delusional mind the Mayor has made an outrageous request of the Toledo Port Authority. The first interview is at 6a don't miss it. The mayor will not be appearing on my show, he is banned of course.

Another win for local business. It is sad that it takes lawyers to make this city business friendly.
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In via the Midwest Retailers Association, LTD. v. City of Toledo Blog

Judge James G. Carr issued an order on July 22, 2008 extending the duration of the Temporary Restraining Order to August 31, 2008.

http://ord-797-07.blogspot.com/2008/07/restraining-order-extended-to-aug...

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City Pool Program

As chair of Youth, Parks and Recreation committee for the City of Toledo, your City Councilwoman recently announced the opening of Detwiler Pool for 2008 swim season. Last year the pool was closed. This year, Detwiler Pool underwent repairs to its concrete and received a new paint job.

Rev. Carolyn J. Eyre Endorsed by Ohio Right to Life PAC.She is running as a candidate from Dist 48.A community worker on staff at Bible Temple Church and as a aide to the late Rep.John G. Garcia she will get the job done in Columbus.

Thursday July 24, 2008 - 9:00 AM - in front of Scott High School*- 2400
Collingwood Blvd.
Save Our Scott (SOS) will hold a press conference in front of Scott High
School (Collingwood Blvd. Side) to publicize our efforts to save Scott, and
to make the community aware of what will happen if Scott is not renovated. We
will ask the public to sign our petition, and list the ways in which they

EXCLUSIVELY on Troy's program this morning, defending their posted videos on myspace
and YouTube. Larry Lanting (Big Tattooed Guy) from Lemonhead Inc. came in studio to
 have this frank discussion.

Larry Lanting Interview Part 1

What is the position of At Large councilman for?
What do they do for me as a citizen?
Is it proper that there are an equal number of them as compared to district council?
Do other cities have At Large council?
Would we be better off with only district council?

"Bosnia's Serb wartime president, Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted war criminals for his part in the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995, has been arrested, Serbian President Boris Tadic's office said on Monday.

If you did not see, other politicians are jumping on the "gang up" on Cubbon bandwagon. I do think that she does have courage because she knew full well what her decision would bring.

Rep. Barbara Sears has recently been endorsed by the Ohio Right to Life PAC. Here is a statement from the organization on July 16, 2008:

Residents in West Toledo and other city officials are expressing concern - and even anger - over Chief Mike Navarre's decision to make major operational changes at the Northwest District Police Station in an effort to save the city $500,000... [blade]

I frequently scour the Internet looking for what shows up about this area and what people are saying. On Friday evening I came across one of the most disturbing Youtube videos I have seen and it was made here in Toledo, most likely by a group on the East Side. Seeing the videos made me sick and wondered why people would do such a thing.

An interesting article appeared in Variety and the Toledo Blade and WSPD were mentioned.
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Let's face it: TV and radio stations rely on the local newspaper for most of their news. So what happens to those "rip and read" broadcasters as print staffs shrivel amid the draconian layoffs strafing the newspaper industry?