Comments on: Toledo Green Outpolls Republican Incumbent, Gets Into Runoff http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/09/23/toledo-green-outpolls-republican-incumbent-gets-into-runoff/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:35:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Schaich http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/09/23/toledo-green-outpolls-republican-incumbent-gets-into-runoff/comment-page-1/#comment-126947 David Schaich Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:15:08 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/09/23/toledo-green-outpolls-republican-incumbent-gets-into-runoff/#comment-126947 I sent this to my father, who lives and runs a small business in Toledo. I copy here his reply. +++ This is an interesting situation. Dave Ball has the confidence of some large investors in town and has used their money to buy and fix up two very large office buildings, one directly from the City of Toledo and the other using the only City agency ever released from its lease obligation at the government center building where all other city (and county and state) offices are located. So he has major clout with the City and with The Blade, which effectively runs the town. I have the vague impression he sought out Green affiliation in part to avoid choosing between the "A" Democrats and the "B" Democrats who are fighting with each other. His affiliation may be a badge more of convenience than of conviction. I will see what the independent newspapers (the City Paper and the Toledo Free Press) have to say about him if I can. I suppose I should also ask Terry Lodge, just to see what he may know. +++ (Terry Lodge is one of "Nader's Raiders" and has an office in the same building.) -David Schaich www.vote-socialist.org www.spboston.org I sent this to my father, who lives and runs a small business in Toledo. I copy here his reply.

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This is an interesting situation. Dave Ball has the confidence of some large investors in town and has used their money to buy and fix up two very large office buildings, one directly from the City of Toledo and the other using the only City agency ever released from its lease obligation at the government center building where all other city (and county and state) offices are located. So he has major clout with the City and with The Blade, which effectively runs the town.

I have the vague impression he sought out Green affiliation in part to avoid choosing between the “A” Democrats and the “B” Democrats who are fighting with each other. His affiliation may be a badge more of convenience than of conviction. I will see what the independent newspapers (the City Paper and the Toledo Free Press) have to say about him if I can. I suppose I should also ask Terry Lodge, just to see what he may know.
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(Terry Lodge is one of “Nader’s Raiders” and has an office in the same building.)

-David Schaich
http://www.vote-socialist.org
http://www.spboston.org

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