As a way of guaranteeing the older posts from the beginning days of Glass City Jungle still live on the internet and attempting to make the current Glass City Jungle run as efficiently as possible, this site contains all of the older posts as an archive. It’s not designed as a place to comment, but a place to be able to research material shared in the past, since our past does impact our future.
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Jan 312008
Today at the Thursday meeting in Columbus of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission probable cause was found in the cases of Morehead, Daugherty and Griffin v. The City of Toledo. Shaun Hegarty reported on the story at 10:00 p.m. on Fox Toledo. It was reported that the Mayor has stated he will fight the charges…more will follow.
I had to read this twice to make sure I was reading it correctly:
Ohio would close two mental health institutions, slash as many as 2,700 state jobs, and introduce state lottery-operated electronic gambling devices in bars under Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to stop the state’s budget bleeding.
I tried, I really did but I can’t see the distinction:
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This in via email:
Toledo Welcomes Columbus Sponsored by the Toledo Public Schools Parent Congress
February 2, 2008
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Doors Open at 9:30 a.m.
Rogers High School Auditorium
Meet State Legislators:
Representative Edna Brown
Senator Teresa Fedor
Representative Peter Ujvagi
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Well, looks like the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that red-light cameras and cameras for speeding are constitutional, according to this morning’s Blade:
COLUMBUS — In a much anticipated ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court today unanimously upheld the constitutionality of red light and speeding enforcement cameras like those employed by Toledo.
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Jan 312008
If you haven’t stopped by, the Carnival of Ohio Politics 102 is live. I lost track of my days, so I’m not in this week’s but…there are some pretty fantastic posts by Ohio bloggers who actually do pay attention to what time and what day of the week it is. Ben did a great job in putting this week’s carnival together.
Jan 302008
It seems my former neighbor has drawn the attention of those who make up the Hildo in this week’s Toledo City Paper and it also appears that what is being stated in The Bright Lights of Broadway has some truth to it:
Late last year (October 31, 2007) we wrote a column questioning the residency of Robert Torres. We noted that he had sold his house on Arlington in October of ’05, prior to his election to Toledo School Board, and held no other property in the county.
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This in via email from offices of the Lucas County Commissioners:
DEADLINE FOR DOG LICENSE RENEWALS QUICKLY APPROACHING
Lucas County Commissioners and Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon want the public to know that the deadline for purchasing a 2008 Dog License is fast approaching.
Dog licenses are $25 and Lucas County dog owners are required to have their dog licensed by January 31, 2008. If owners fail to purchase a license by this Thursday, the price increases to $50 and owners may be subject to a fine.
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This week’s Sojourner’s Truth has quite a few articles that focus on the Mayor, Reverend Rose, the 3/4% Income Tax and the continuing “enough is enough” moments being expressed by those in the black community. Lafe Tolliver starts out with A Political Cream Pie in Your Face where he closes with:
I have stated the following maxim before: During the Great Migration from the South, black people of strength and vision pushed onto Detroit but the weaker and scared ones settled in Toledo.
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Jan 302008
Two weeks ago the vote was delayed for CareNet to enable Toledo Councilman Tom Waniewski to continue to try to raise private sector funding for the City’s share of the $65,000 CareNet contribution. Part of the concern expressed at the time was that the money be identified as who was donating and that it be a confirmed amount rather than a verbal pledge. Things were still not confirmed until yesterday, and as you can read in this article by Joe Vardon, Fund-raising snags CareNet cash, here’s the breakdown: Continue reading »