Politics and Opinions

Are you a true Toledoan?

Scott Peterson

How well do you know the Toledo Area? The Main Branch of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library challenges you to identify beautiful Toledo...

Turmoil in the T-Town political parties

Johnny Hildo

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...

10 People in Ohio Who Will Lose Their Current Coverage Under Trumpcare 2.0 (But One Is A Lie)

Athena Cocoves

The House just passed Trumpcare 2.0, formally titled the American Health Care Act (AHCA), by a 217-213 margin. Despite the public’s depressing 17 percent...

A piece of the rock: Marina district trivia

Johnny Hildo

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

Johnny Hildo

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

Johnny Hildo

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

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...

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