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City Politics: Serve it neat

Johnny Hildo

Let’s start with American Government one oh one. Y’all know the dealio. Separation of powers in three branches of guvmint. Legislative makes the laws. Executive...

City Politics: Arrested development

Johnny Hildo

Welp, E Day twenny twenny fiver has come, and gone. The outcome was precisely as we predicted. Okay, not precisely. Anyhoo. All five incumbent members of...

City Politics: Less is more

Johnny Hildo

Way back in the day, say, the two thousand aughts, every Tom, Dick and Terry aspired to membership on Toledo City Council. Terry being,...

City Politics: Seeing Red

Johnny Hildo

You may have noticed a novel phenomenon in downtown T-town these days. At various intersections across the fruitless plain, the traffic lights are no...

City Politics: What part of “yes” didn’t you understand?

Johnny Hildo

The times they have a-changed. And some folks in these here parts are howling-mad upset about it. They say nothing is certain but death and...

City Politics: Hildy Awards

Johnny Hildo

It’s a wrap. And what a year! Elections, resignations, property revaluations, new tax levies and bond issues, and a significant change to the Toledo City...

Hildo October 2024: Fix The Roads

Johnny Hildo

Fix the damn roads. But faster.

Hildo September 2024: The Incredible Shrinking Mayor

Johnny Hildo

Wade adrift in City Politics

Hildo August 2024: Down Ticket

Johnny Hildo

Reverberations across City Politics.

Hildo July 2024: Home Sweet Home

Johnny Hildo

Sleepless Nights in City Politics

Hildo June 2024: Downtown Lowdown

Johnny Hildo

Whither downtown T-town?

Hildo May 2024: Lucas County Dems Elect a New Chair

Johnny Hildo

Spring has sprung in the Swamp, and with it the promise of new growth and warmer days ahead. Songbirds have returned from their winter sojourn,...

Hildo April 2024: Being Paula – The Strange Political Saga of PHH

Johnny Hildo

Another day, another loss. As predicted in this humble column, Paula Hicks Hudson was defeated in her bid to win the Democratic primary election for...

Hildo March 2024

Johnny Hildo

Help Wanted: Fools and Jokers in City Politics

Hildo February 2024

Johnny Hildo

Once upon a time there was a great lion, the monarch of all he surveyed. But one day the lion noticed a pesky thorn...

January 2024 Hildo: The Resurgence of A Lo.

Riley Runnells

It took a decade, but A Lo has regained her form. Current Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez was once a staple of this humble column....

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