Category: Blade | City government

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said he is willing to provide “any appropriate assistance” to make Toledo the home of the PT Cruiser, DaimlerChrysler’s hot new retro vehicle. “I don’t want DaimlerChrysler to feel bashful about asking the state of Ohio and the city of Toledo for assistance if…

By Joshua Benton and Michael D. Sallah Blade Staff Writers Page B1 The president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority wants a raise. Port board members will discuss an approximately $7,000 increase in salary for James Hartung at its regular meeting tomorrow. While several board members say Mr. Hartung deserves more than the $129,960 he…

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner wants to make sure that the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority doesn’t get involved in efforts to revive the Rossford arena-amphitheater project. “I’m certainly going to stand in the way of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority even entertaining any thought of it,” he said.…

By Joshua Benton and Brian Nearing Blade Staff Writers Page A1 In the last couple of weeks at the Blossom Music Center near Cleveland, you could have pogo-sticked under the stars to the B-52s or moshed to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. At the Polaris Amphitheater in Columbus, you could have wigged out to the…

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 The Toledo Zoo has educated, entertained, and charmed generations of children since its founding in 1900. It has established itself as one of Toledo’s two or three premier cultural institutions and one of the country’s top zoos. The zoo this year opened Arctic Encounter, an $11.5 million…

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 18 CitiFest officials have made an offer to the woman they want to be the organization’s next executive director. After a board meeting yesterday, the organization asked Jan Aguilar, the executive director of the Performing Arts Council of Toledo, to take over the organization, a nonprofit group that…

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 Toledo council followed through on its threats and last night asked state authorities not to renew the liquor licenses of two East Toledo bars that attracted police attention more than 100 times in 1999. But council members were quick to add that they will reverse themselves if…

By Joshua Benton and Vanessa Gezari Blade Staff Writers Page 6 City and University of Toledo officials presented their abstract vision for Toledo’s future yesterday, a dreamy image of efficient robots and healthy children, a bustling economy and an artistic renaissance. But leaders acknowledged that they have no plans to make their vision a reality.…

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A3 (Focus edition) If you want to understand Toledo’s downtown renaissance, just stand at the corner of Adams and Superior streets. Picture an intersection of only five years ago, with a symbol of urban decay on each corner: a Macy’s department store that had been empty for more…

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A8 No lions or tigers or bears? Oh, my! As Seattle prepares to become the first major American city to ban circus animal acts, local animal-rights groups hope to fight a similar battle here. “I want to start talking to people to see if we can get a…