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An OP-ED filled with Business As Usual and as Usual no plan to correct the problems in the fiscally strapped city of Toledo
"We have a large deficit mostly because our income tax collections have dropped over the past two years by $28 million. In 2007, we collected about $169 million. In 2008, we collected $154 million. Last year, it was about $141 million."
Yes, folks, un… more »
"...falling revenues, declining populations, and labor contracts that are no longer realistic.", AKA Business As Usual in Toledo, Ohio
"Toledo is not Detroit, by any means. But there are some similarities. Both have falling revenues, declining populations, and labor contracts that are no longer realistic.
Mayor Bell and City Council need to make decisions that are bound to be painful… more »
Frustration fills e-mails to Toledo mayor, councilmen, and the house of cards that has been built, is soon to tumble
We have a new Mayor, we have a new City Council President, so much is new, yet at the same time so much is still the same. The same empty vacant commcerial buildings in the city center. The empty parking lots, on days when there is not some sporting ev… more »
Holy Toledo! Another study showing us, what we already know!!!!!
"Mr. Smirnov said the city's employment levels "have not declined as much as Toledo's income tax receipts, which means that people are losing high-paying jobs, and some of those people who lost those jobs are taking lower-paying jobs."
Question is, do… more »
Budget Hearing Tonight - Tom Waniewski Toledo City Council
by admin on March 9th, 2010
in Announcements [A], News
March 9, 2010
A reminder...I will be holding a public meeting on Toledo's budget tonight (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. at Grove Patterson Academy, 3020 Marvin Ave. in west Toledo.
I hope you can stop by. Facilitators will work with residents to get their in… more »
City Councilman Tom Waniewski's March Newsletter
Read it on-line @ http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/tools/view_newsletter.php?newsletter_id=1410212523 more »
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