By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 When Denise Williams moved from Houston to Toledo in October, she had one goal in mind: to shorten her job commute. “I lived 27 miles from my job in Houston, and the commute was 1 1/2 or two hours each way,” Ms. Williams said. When she landed […]
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By Joshua Benton and Jack Baessler Blade Staff Writers Page 1 Putting a new Mud Hens ballpark in East Toledo is not the best choice for the city, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said yesterday. And the city’s top economic development official said a stadium on the site proposed by Mud Hens board members is “just not […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 4 This year, Toledo learned there is no such thing as a free lunch. If 1997 was about heady optimism and promises of revitalization and renewal, 1998 was the year residents realized that it arrives with a price tag. And this year, the bill came due. There were […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page B1 The nation’s largest drugstore chains have been battling each other for several years. But in Toledo, Rite Aid has been mostly alone in its aggressive construction of stand-alone “box” stores. “Rite Aid is just an irresponsible corporate citizen,” Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said at a recent press conference. […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 The city of Toledo has failed in hundreds of ways to make facilities accessible to the disabled, a U.S. Department of Justice report says. The 96-page report outlines access problems at 53 structures at which city programs and services are provided. Most violations were only a few […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 Some people think Mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s mouth needs to be washed out with soap. Now he’s got the means to do the job. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader gave Mr. Finkbeiner an early Christmas present yesterday: a bar of soap to protest the mayor’s use of vulgarity in […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 Before the holidays, the Toledo council was in no mood to dilly-dally with lengthy debates on controversial issues. As a result, the council members pushed quickly through their lengthy agenda, finishing in less than two hours, but delaying some of its most controversial matters to future meetings. […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 Toledo officials have put together a financial package they believe will allow them to tear down one of Toledo’s worst industrial eyesores in 1999. Tomorrow, the council will consider an ordinance that would allow the city to accept bids to tear down the Auto-Lite plant on Champlain […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 24 Mayor Carty Finkbeiner issued a call to action yesterday, asking Toledoans to join him in helping relief efforts in hurricane-stricken Central America. “If we are truly an All-America City, we will reach out to people both in this country and outside it who are in need,” he […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 Government leaders have asked Toledo’s largest union to accept lower pay increases to shore up the city budget. The union – Local 7 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees – said no. On Nov. 25, city human resources director Marsha Serio sent a […]
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