Politics and Opinions

Handicapping the race for Toledo City Council

Johnny Hildo

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...

Troubled Waters: Make Waves During a Toledo Town Hall on the Great Lakes & Clean Water

Athena Cocoves

Without funding, ongoing projects by The Great Lakes Initiative will be halted, access to clean water will be reduced, local economies will be damaged and progress against harmful algal blooms will be prevented.

Life and times of President Hayes

Alison Wood-Osmun

A short trip to Fremont’s Rutherford B. Hayes’ Presidential Library and Museum provides a glimpse into the intricate social and political issues which confronted the 19th President.

Staying under the radar in City Politics

Johnny Hildo

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...

City Government 101 with Toledo City Councilman Tom Waniewski

Athena Cocoves

Nobody got their way in the 2016 Presidential Election, not even Trump. Since the election, politics just haven’t been the same. Parties are split,...

Becoming a candidate in City Politics

Johnny Hildo

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

Johnny Hildo

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

Johnny Hildo

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

Ohio and Capital Punishment: It’s Complicated

David Maxwell Fine

As the State prepares to execute its first inmate since 2014, a divided community is on pins and needles.

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

Johnny Hildo

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...

Out with the old, in with the new: Resolutions for Twenty Seventeen

Johnny Hildo

‘Tis the season. The old year slowly wanes and gives way to the new. Which is a darned good thing, given what twenty sixteen...

How to keep abortion available as a practical option for Ohioans: (Watch out, Kasich— we’re calling you)

Athena Cocoves

With a single pen stroke, Ohio Governor John Kasich has the power to make abortion a practical impossibility for Ohioans. Wait— what? Currently sitting on...

It Pays To Know People In City Politics

Johnny Hildo

There has been some very good news on the development front lately

Three Takeaways from Election Day 2016

Johnny Hildo

There were shocking truths aplenty revealed on November Eighth. Setting aside the lurch to the alt-right at the national level, the local political landscape has...

Pantsuit Nation Toledo Invites You To Commiserate The Election

Jeff Klima

Feeling down about this recent election shocker? Relax, you’re not the only one. But while some of us have just ambled forward, hoping to...

Still Kinda Blue: Lucas County picked Clinton, and local voters explain their choices

TCP Staff

Lucas County was one of seven Ohio counties that selected Hillary Clinton. While the rest of our state saw red, Trump lost 38.7%-56% locally....

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