Tt post jun 29, 2017

Interesting.

Admittedly, I'm unfamiliar with the detailed wording, associated with Toledo's two Downtown Outdoor Refreshment Area ordinances. I'll look for those official docs later, unless someone has those links handy now.

I was unaware that one person, the Toledo police chief, had all the power to suspend and reinstate the ordinances on a whim.

It must be that way with everything, entertainment-related.

From the Toledo City Paper story:

At 3:10pm [today, June 29], we received the following press release from Chief of Police George Kral:

After further discussion with the parties involved with the Downtown Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA), Toledo Police Chief George Kral has decided to re-instate normal operation of the DORA for Friday night.

The decision to suspend the DORA was made before the ordinance was in effect. However, to this date there have been no negative issues involving the DORA, so we have decided to rescind Friday’s suspension.”

Yesterday (June 28), it was announced that the Downtown Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) would be suspended for the night of the Robert Easter Jr. fight (this Friday).

Before this afternoon's decision to reinstate DORA ...

City Council candidate Sam Melden posted a video on his Facebook at 2pm, saying the decision was “not the best option for everyone.” He questioned whether or not DORA would also be temporarily suspended for other events, like the Fourth of July or St. Patrick’s Day, and added that “if we don’t, it is absolutely exclusionary to one specific group of people… fans [of Robert Easter Jr.] aren’t going to get the same access and same enjoyment of downtown that we want to give to everyone else.”

Unrelated Jun 29, 2017 Blade story Man stabbed at downtown Toledo bar

The incident was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m. [today] at Ye Olde Cock n Bull, 9 N. Huron St.

Eh, these things happen elsewhere in the city. As more people shuffle downtown, it makes sense that the occasional dust-up occurs.

Downtown is still safer than shopping at a big box store on Black Friday.