Tt post sep 5, 2017 - c

"... endorsements don't mean strings are attached, in all cases."

Mmm. Referring again to the 2015 thread that pointed to a Blade editorial titled No rubber stamp

In filling two key vacancies, City Council members must answer to citizens, not party and union bosses.

Council members must elect a new president to succeed Paula Hicks-Hudson. Insiders say that council incumbent Steven Steel is seeking support among his colleagues for the position, and has the backing of local private-sector unions that traditionally have exercised broad political influence on the council.

The county Democratic Party and its organized-labor allies are leaning on council members to appoint Yvonne Harper, the party’s executive director.

I have no idea why anyone would be cynical about local politics.

Back in early 2015, Scott Ramsey was appointed to fill the District 4 vacancy seat, and then Yvonne won it fair-and-square in the May 2015 election.

Remember the West Toledo Kroger-Sisters issue back in the spring?

Here are the city council members who voted FOR mayor Paul Hicks-Hudson's shenanigans:

• Tyrone Riley
• Matt Cherry
• Yvonne Harper
• Tom Waniewski
• Lindsay Webb
• Cecelia Adams
• Theresa Gabriel
• Rob Ludeman
• Steven Steel
• Larry Sykes

Voting against:

• Sandy Spang
• Peter Ujvagi

2017 Lucas County democrat party endorsements:

• Paula Hicks-Hudson to remain mayor of Toledo
• Cecelia Adams to remain an at-large Toledo City Council member
• Larry Sykes to remain an at-large Toledo City Council member

Politics may be the place where good people go to lose their souls.

How is seeking party endorsements a new and fresh approach?

And the problem is with both sides.

Ludeman participated or was an accomplice to what, in my opinion, was thievery when he failed to come forward in a timely fashion about the city's scam of ticketing motorists who did nothing wrong. And the city had no intention of refunding the money until the Blade started poking around. Man, that criminal activity got swept away quickly, despite the last count being over 400 motorists who were wrongly ticketed.