Take Back Toledo Response

We've heard from the mayor on the efforts of Take Back Toledo.
The mayor, not surprisingly, came out swinging, calling the effort "selfish" and citing all the work that he's done for the city, such as The Marina District and Southwyck. I happened to be driving over the Glass City Skyway when I heard that on the radio. I looked over and thought what a fine job he did with that. Docks that nobody uses alongside roads leading to vacant lots where businesses were supposed to be. Then, of course, there is Southwyck. I know that most people probably haven't noticed because they are so dazzled by those fabulous lights and planters on Reynolds Road, but there is a giant hulk of a vacant building still there - another fine job. Then there was the Erie Street Market, which is now a concert venue - which is going largely unattended. Of course he did get Costco to come to town. No, wait, Costco managed to put up a store in spite of the mayor's efforts. We do, however have some really nice lights on the trees outside Government Center; and lest we forget, a really fabulous bathroom on the 22nd floor. Way to go mayor!!!

Toledo's bastion of journalistic excellence, The Blade, helping to bolter WSPD's image that Carty is their man; did a followup story about the Take Back effort. Headlined, 'Carty Finkbeiner recall drive launched at meeting,' they went out and found people who went to the meeting and didn't join the board. They also found city leaders who weren't invited to the meeting and/or didn't know who was backing the effort, almost all of whom wouldn't give an opinion. Excellent work.

And so the battle continues. Things should get interesting come January, when the effort to get signatures for the recall begins.