Politics and Opinions

The Survey Says. . . Why the census is so important

Sean Nestor

As of August 24, only 57.2% of Toledo’s known population had completed the census, well below the state’s completion rate of 68.3%.

All About Absentee Voting: What you need to know

TCP Staff

Who can request an absentee ballot and when? Any qualified voter may request an absentee ballot right now or at any time before noon on...

Hildo 8-12: Sign Off: Electioneering in a Pandemic

Johnny Hildo

Random thoughts from a randomly functioning mind. Seems about right for that wacky thing called Year Twenty Twenty. Tootling around T Town lately we were...

How Toledo’s recent primary reveals truths about the upcoming Presidential election

Sean Nestor

Every four years, we are told that the upcoming election may be the most important of our lifetime. Between the recent wave of civil...

Whither the city?

Johnny Hildo

Four elected members of Toledo City Council have disgraced themselves. All four now stand indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy...

History repeats itself: Lessons from the fall

Johnny Hildo

Another day, another dollar. Or five hundred, or five thousand dollars. By now we assume you have all heard the sordid tale, if not all...

Celebrating Independence: Join Us In Reading These Time-Honored Documents

TCP Staff

In observance of the 4th of July, we marvel at the durability and forethought in application of the documents which were created to guide...

Four Toledo City Council members accused of accepting bribes

Athena Cocoves

Earlier today, the FBI took several Toledo City Council members into custody. Tyrone Riley, Yvonne Harper, Larry Sykes, and Gary Johnson have been accused...

Sound of Silence: All quiet in City Politics

Johnny Hildo

Listen. Can you hear it? No, not the ominous booming of war zone grade fireworks on the next block over. Listen between the booms. See? Unlike any...

Reckoning: Test day in City Politics

Johnny Hildo

Oh, those halcyon days of the twenty teens. From the depths of the Great Recession, T-Town emerged out the other side on the upswing. Downtown...

Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio: Power and responsibility

Johnny Hildo

To protect and to serve. Five short, simple words on every Toledo police car that describe a lofty aspiration. To protect Toledoans. And to serve us. And...

The new normal in City Politics

Johnny Hildo

Exactly what in tarnation just happened? We sure went through some crazy bull honky, didn't we peeps? Recommendations and mandates coming atcha so fast ‘n...

Leadership in the age of COVID-19: Who will take the reins in City Politics?

Johnny Hildo

In case you missed it, the extended Ohio Primary Election is finally over. It began in mid-February with early voting. It was supposed to end...

Free Fallin’: City Budget Woes Are Here Again

Johnny Hildo

Sometimes we hate it when we're right. Not long ago, as the COVID-19 lockdown began its stranglehold here in the Swamp, we predicted it would...

Prevent The COVID Crisis From Wiping Out The Primary Election

TCP Staff

PRINT OUT A BALLOT APPLICATION, MAIL IT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, COMPLETE YOUR BALLOT, MAIL IT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS POSTMARKED BY...

New Normal: Lessons from the Pandemic

Johnny Hildo

Wow, things sure have changed, huh? The first coupla months of twenty twenty were just swimming along like normal. The Primary season was in full...

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