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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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 A National Park Service report to be released today calls the Fallen Timbers battlefield “nationally significant” and says it should be included in the National Park System. Preservationists said the report gives legitimacy to their quest for the millions of dollars needed to buy the battlefield from […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 21 Opponents of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s proposed gun control legislation used a mix of statistics and tales of attackers foiled to make their case to council last night. “People would be imprisoned or fined for doing the same things they’ve done for decades without hurting anyone,” said John […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 21 City leaders honored their predecessors yesterday, announcing the first eight inductees into the Toledo Civic Hall of Fame. They range from giants of industry to patrons of the arts, from a newspaper publisher to a ground breaking minority activist. “We are honoring our past so we can […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 Getting a new store in West Toledo was worth a half million dollars to Home Depot. In the most expensive campaign for a ballot issue in Toledo history, the home-improvement giant outspent its opponents 35-1, pouring $497,549 into a campaign to get a zoning change approved by […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 5A A group supporting the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority’s levy renewal campaign spent more than $113,000 in the campaign’s closing weeks, according to campaign finance documents filed yesterday. The levy lost, 66,572 votes to 53,927. The money was spent by the Chamber of Commerce Issue Fund, which represents […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 21 Mayor Carty Finkbeiner has not given up the fight to stop a proposed Rite Aid store in South Toledo. Just a day after council overrode his vetoes trying to stop the project – which would tear down several old buildings at Broadway and South Avenue to make […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 21 The city’s expenses for the Jeep project are under control and will leave Toledo in strong financial condition, city officials told a council committee yesterday. “Cost containment for Project Jeep is in full effect,” said Ken Dobson, who is negotiating relocation packages for displaced busines ses at […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 In a furious, raging attack on a Blade article, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner insisted that the Jeep project’s huge cost overruns are a small price to pay to keep jobs in Toledo. “I expect better from the daily newspaper, and shame on them,” the mayor said at a […]
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