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Toledo won't contribute to LCIC

Jan 26, 2008 Toledo Blade story :

The city of Toledo will not contribute financially to Lucas County's publicly funded economic development agency, leaving it with an estimated $125,000 hole in its $680,000 budget.


Here comes the bullcrap excuse :

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said yesterday the city's projected $10 million budget deficit this year will prohibit it from pumping funds into the Lucas County Improvement Corp. "We just don't have the financial wherewithal to contribute," said Mr. Finkbeiner, who records show did not personally attend an LCIC meeting in 2007.

So now Czarty is concerned with spending, eh? Czarty has no problem wasting money on tree lights, pride signs, and flowers.


But all is not lost for the LCIC :

Instead, Toledo will contribute with manpower. The mayor, who made a rare appearance at yesterday's LCIC board meeting, told The Blade he will attend more such meetings himself and will make the city's economic development staff available for projects.

Hah! Instead of paying $125,000 to an org allegedly interested in county-wide economic development issues, Czarty will attend their meetings. Like that's a fair trade. The LCIC may pay Czarty $125,000 to keep him out of their meetings.


So if Toledo doesn't pay, why should the other communities in the People's Republic of Toledo County pay money to the Toledo Improvement Corporation?

How about this isolationist line from Czarty :

"We can't be solving everything going on around us. We've got to take care of the city's basic needs."

Fine, my brother. Then why can't the other communities in Lucas County think about themselves that way? It's always Toledo who pushes for unigov, but hucksters like Czarty don't care about the county nor the region. Their concern is how the rest of the county and the region can best serve Toledo.


Terms :


Last summer when Czarty falsely accused Wood County of stealing jobs from Toledo, Thomas F. Pounds, President and Publisher of the Toledo Free Press, said of Czarty's view of the region :

It seems that if Toledo lands a major company, it benefits the entire region, but if a major company chooses the region, it's not necessarily a boon for Toledo, according to [Toledo] mayoral logic.


July 2007 Toledo Talk posting titled Hildo looks to unigov to solve Toledo's problems where the Toledo City Paper's colorful columnist(s) asked :

Are the townships and ‘burbs that worried about their little fiefdoms?

Hopefully yes, since Czarty is worried about his fiefdom.


Seems like Czarty's unwillingness to participate in TIC, I mean, LCIC casts a damper on the 21st Century Government Committee proposal released last summer. The term "cooperation" may, however, have a different meaning in Toledo compared to the rest of the communities in the county and region.

I don't understand why the other communities are involved with the LCIC. What do these other communities gain? They should all end their funding of the LCIC. We have the Regional Growth Partnership which is involved in more than just Lucas County.

created by jr on Jan 26, 2008 at 08:49:48 pm
updated by jr on Jan 26, 2008 at 09:36:46 pm     Comments: 1

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Feb 19, 2008 Toledo Blade story titled Sylvania balks at LCIC's $8,500 membership fee

Sylvania City Councilman Doug Haynam said Sylvania will not pay the Lucas County Improvement Corp. its 2008 membership fee of about $8,500 unless the city of Toledo changes course and participates financially in the LCIC.

As of Feb. 4, Lucas County contributed $80,000 to the LCIC. The county is expected to pay over $400,000 to the agency this year.

Harding Township ($113.70), Whitehouse ($1,413.64), Washington Township ($825.60), Swanton Township ($1,177), and Richfield Township ($216) are the only member communities of the 18 listed on the LCIC's Web site that have paid anything so far this year.

posted by jr on Feb 19, 2008 at 11:44:44 am     #