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Georgie Porgie ran away

Johnny Hildo

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

Johnny Hildo

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

Johnny Hildo

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...

Breeding the law: A Quick and Dirty Breakdown of Senate Bill 331

Kelly Thompson

Few recent pieces of Ohio legislation have caused as much outrage among animal rights activists as Senate Bill 331. Sponsored by Senator Bob Petersen...

A Life of Championing Liberty: Ohio ACLU Executive Director Christine Link Retires After 27 Years

Sean Nestor

For 27 years, Chris Link worked as the Executive Director at the Ohio ACLU. Recently retired, we spoke with Link about her roots as...

The Case against the Mayor

Johnny Hildo

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

Johnny Hildo

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...

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.

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