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Hype and hooey in City Politics

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It must be election season. The bull hockey is stacked thick and startin’ to stink. The official Election Day is rapidly approaching. But with early...

Georgie Porgie ran away

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In retrospect, it had to happen this way. The end would not come with any sound and fury. There would be no splash, no bang....

Plus c’est la même chose, Deux: Why Tom for Mayor is a bad idea

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Two down, one to go. We’ve spent the last two columns taking down two of the Big Three candidates for Toledo Mayor. First we laid...

Plus c’est la même chose

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Call us naysayers. Call us curmudgeons. Call us doom and gloom sticks in the mud. Whatever. This is how we see it. Last column we...

The Case against the Mayor

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It’s time for a change. Or so it seems. We’re talking about a change at the top of T-Town guvmint. Where the buck stops. The...

Keeping score in City Politics

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It’s a topsy, turvy world out there. We never would have believed that, as we enter the official start of the local political season, we’d...

Turmoil in the T-Town political parties

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All is not joy in Mudville. Both the local Democrats and Republicans are in the throes of crisis in leadership. GOP Chair Jon Stainbrook and...

A piece of the rock: Marina district trivia

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Could it finally be happening? Could the expansive grassy knoll in East Toledo actually become a Marina District, and the Road to Nowhere finally...

The race for Toledo mayor just got interesting

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It was predictable. It was inevitable. But now that it has happened, it changes everything. That might seem like unwarranted hyperbole, and perhaps it will...

Bored of Elections Turmoil

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And then there were two. We have previously written about the incumbent at-large reps on Toledo City Council, and how three of them face uphill...

Handicapping the race for Toledo City Council

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It’s that time of year. March Madness is upon us. We’re not talking about the traditional use of that term. Sure, the NCAA basketball tourney...

Staying under the radar in City Politics

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Here’s a City Politics kwik kwiz. Name the mayor of Toledo. Got it? OK, now name something controversial facing city leaders today. We bet y’all...

Becoming a candidate in City Politics

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And they’re off! While Election Day is still months and months away, the race for the golden ring has already begun. Look at one Kurt Young,...

Election season begins, and ends, in City Politics

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It was a very poignant week in City Politics. The deadline for filing petitions to run for municipal offices in Toodleydoo is still months off. Most of Frogtown is more focused on...

Taking The Plunge In City Politics

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Since the voters created the current “strong mayor” form of municipal government, exactly one mayor has been elected to two consecutive terms.

Fits and Starts: A Mixed Beginning to the New Year in City Politics

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Imagine this scenario. It’s pretty common, after all. You make the standard New Year’s resolution. You are finally determined to shed those extra pounds. You...

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