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2008-02-11 Home Front: Culture Wars
And Toledo City Council is meeting at 2:00 Tuesday
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Posted by Sherry 2008-02-11 11:15|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Opps -- I swear, I selected Local -- sorry Mods
Posted by Sherry">Sherry  2008-02-11 11:32||   2008-02-11 11:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Sherry, I moved it to WOT Background, because I think this Dem. mayor is playing politics over the War.
Posted by lotp 2008-02-11 11:41||   2008-02-11 11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess this slack-jawed, imbecile mayor thought he could get some publicity by following the Berkeley model. Damned idiots.
Posted by JohnQC 2008-02-11 11:44||   2008-02-11 11:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Yesterday, the mayor came short of an apology, but defended the decision in a written statement.

"I spoke with Maj. Jeff Brooks of the United States Marine Corps. I conveyed my sincere regret for the failure to communicate within the administration and any inconvenience that caused the U.S. Marine Corps," the statement said.

"I also conveyed, as my staff did on Friday, that we would make available abandoned buildings for Marine training outside of the central business district."

Mr. Ashford challenged Mr. Finkbeiner's statement from the previous day that people downtown would be frightened by warfare exercises and said he was doubtful the mayor was completely unaware of the planned visit.

"If you have ever been downtown on a weekend in February, there is no one downtown," Mr. Ashford said.

The backlash against the mayor intensified yesterday. There was much disdain for Mr. Finkbeiner when he competed in a free-throw shooting contest during halftime of yesterday's men's basketball game between the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University at BGSU's Anderson Arena. Mr. Finkbeiner, who competed against Bowling Green Mayor John Quinn, was showered with boos by fans from both teams. The mayor responded by cracking a faint smile.
Posted by tu3031 2008-02-11 11:57||   2008-02-11 11:57|| Front Page Top

#5 How charming of Mayor Finkbeiner. I hope he plans to reimburse the Marines for the $10,000 the regretted act took out of their very limited budget. Perhaps he can give up showering at the office after his midday run, until he's saved up $10,000 in unspent personal water bills.
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2008-02-11 12:25||   2008-02-11 12:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Sounds to me like he was PO'd with the Chief of Police and did this out of spite. Bugwitted Dickweed.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2008-02-11 12:34||   2008-02-11 12:34|| Front Page Top

#7 "...so nobody handed it down to the mayor,"


DOWN to the mayor? What kind of f*****d up org structure does that place have?
Posted by AlanC 2008-02-11 13:48||   2008-02-11 13:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh, and news for the Mayor...

Our military doesn't scare its people. They know it won't hurt them. People love seeing a training exercise like this and it is good PR and recruiting.

So, the only real excuse you have is you are a military hating liberal that did your best to stab our troops in the back during a time of war. That is treason, sir. Back in the day where the government had a spine, you would have been shot for it after your trial.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2008-02-11 14:44||   2008-02-11 14:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Just a side note. IIRC, while Ohio provided more troops to the Union than any other state during the last Civil War, it also had the highest level of Copperheads as well.
Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-11 16:05||   2008-02-11 16:05|| Front Page Top

#10 And the two groups were not mutually exclusive, one perhaps influencing the other.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-11 17:18||   2008-02-11 17:18|| Front Page Top

#11 
"We basically want the mayor to apologize," he said. "It's He's very disappointing."
There - fixed, Mr. Szollosi.

Quit being such a politician and say what you mean.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2008-02-11 18:42|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2008-02-11 18:42|| Front Page Top

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