Lucas County

Sam Phillips remembers the flood of 1973, when a few inches of rocks protected his Point Place house from the crashing waves of Lake Erie.

The water threatened, but it never entered his Lakeside Avenue house. Others in Point Place, though, weren't as lucky.

Toledo-area consumers have paid some of the highest electricity rates in Ohio for long enough and consumers should demand a break, a Toledo City councilman and two Lucas County commissioners said yesterday.

A new species will soon be joining the Walleye in the fish tank.

The formation of a new arenafootball2 franchise that will begin play at the new downtown sports arena in April, 2010, is expected to be announced today at an 11 a.m. news conference.

Now you can get links to the Ohio Secretary of State deadlines as well as keep up with what is going on with Jon Stainbrook all at one site! I want to introduce http://www.jonstainbrooksucks.com

Boelter considered moving Custom Deco and its 200 jobs from its location at 1343 Miami St. to Wisconsin, Mr. Finkbeiner said. The city's department of development assisted Custom Deco in packaging $1.75 million in acquisition financing, the mayor said.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080917/NEWS16/809179...

With spirit comparable to the young, energetic cheerleaders, Toledo Public Schools Superintendent John Foley blew his whistle, twirled his baton, and marched with a large, black-feathered Busby hat to rally community support for his schools.

He was a cheerleader at the last levy kickoff and couldn’t do that again.

As the economy tightened, Mark Presnar had trouble meeting sales quotas at the restaurant supply house that employed him.

Two weeks ago, he was fired.

“People aren’t eating out anymore,” said Mr. Presnar, whose sales territory included rural areas of northwest Ohio that are struggling more than other parts of the region.

A long-time locally-owned appliance store in suburban Toledo will spend $3.5 million to enlarge its showroom by four-fold and expand into bedding and furniture.

Construction at Appliance Center, Maumee, will begin late this month and likely be done by March, said John Oswald, president.

Employment could grow to 100 from its present 65, he added.

September 15, 2008 – The candidacy of State Rep. Barbara Sears (OH-46) has been formally endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, Inc. and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18. Both organizations thanked Rep. Sears for her commitment to their respective issues and wished her good luck in November.

The Toledo School for the Arts has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as one of 320 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools for 2008.

The award recognizes schools that have helped students achieve at high levels or make significant progress in closing the achievement gap.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/NEWS04/809159...

Today on Bridges, on 13abc, Jon Stainbrook said that Lynn Olman and Patrick Kriner "are not loyal Republicans". He called them that because they do not listen to him.

Jon also cast doubt on the results at the board of elections, by saying he is scared of what will happen in the presidential election, and even said that everyone should mark his words, almost assuring there will be problems.

Nearly 200 workers at General Motors Corp.’s Toledo Powertrain Plant will be laid off indefinitely Monday, three days after the plant ceased making its traditional four-speed, rear-wheel drive transmission.

Note to Jon: that is because you will probably screw it up. I think that Jon's vindictiveness and his screw-ups have effectively isolated himself from everyone but the few of his merry band of men. I also think it is official that the party is in worse shape because of Jon, lots worse than when Noe was there and even after.
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When I heard that Carty left Scout in the car again Sunday, I thought I'd share this song. It's on my MySpace page and can be downloaded. Enjoy.
www.myspace.com/russfranzen

I sure hope King Carty does not try to steal the show when Extreme Home Makeover comes to Toledo. Carty is bad news all the time. We don't need or want him on TV.

Maybe the TV show will treat him just like the DNC and Obama has! Cold, Real Cold !

The cold shoulder !

Carty, a real %$%^%&*# !!

If you have not already seen it, stop over and see the Toledo Journal article about Jan Scotland not making it on the ballot.

Something very interesting:

In fact, minutes after it interviewed Mr. Stainbrook, The Journal received an e-mailed statement from GOP official Matthew Bartow quoting Mr. Scotland as having given up.

Carty tells us that revenue is down in Toledo. And cutbacks are coming.

One of the revenue items he talked about was the Red Light Cameras!

That the revenue was down from the cameras.

WHAT ! I seem to remember that King Carty said that it was NOT about the money or the revenue from these cameras. He said this in defending them and the additional cameras that were being put in.

More Property Taxes ! ?? Come on. A Levy was just passes in Oregon, Toledo and many other areas. Now the same areas want more. We were told that the problem was down in Columbus. And they would fix it. Did this happen? NO!

Now they want just more Taxes. NO!

We need a NO Means NO Law. That once a levy is turned down it cannot be on to vote for 2 years.

The WebSites of both Carty and Marge Brown have been updated!

http://www.cartyfinkbeiner.com/ and www.margebrown.com

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Not all can fly yet, but 15 local technology-oriented businesses being nurtured by an incubator program made strong progress in the last year in their march toward producing revenue and jobs.

The story:

Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge James Bates has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the UAW, ruling that county Juvenile Court Judge Denise Cubbon was within her power when she threw a union member out of a meeting with the judge and others in June.

MY enjoyable read:

COSTCO Wholesale Corp. arrived in West Toledo a year ago with a warehouse store of high expectations for itself, its customers, and surrounding merchants.

As Costco at the rejuvenated Westgate Village Shopping Center on Central Avenue at Secor Road marks its first year in business this week,
it is a success.

But its effect on nearby retailers is less certain.

1. Visit the Ohio Secretary of State Website
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/

2. Click on "Candidates"

3. Click on "Candidate Requirements"

4. Click on "Ohio Election Calendar 2008" and find the deadline you want, such as the one that says candidate substitutions should be made by 4PM on 8/20.
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Upload/publications/election/electCalenda...

"Health Care REIT Inc., a company which buys property nationally to be used for health care operations, said today it is moving its offices out of downtown Toledo and buying the headquarters of Dana Holding Corp. at 4500 Dorr St."

Representatives of a proposed deepwater container port in Nova Scotia are expected to sign a "strategic collaboration agreement" with Toledo port officials when they meet with local leaders and visit Toledo's port facilities today and tomorrow.