tt comment - jun 10, 2014

bq. _"Get used to this story. I think The Blade will make it into another crusade until the move is made."_

Moving Owens CC to downtown Toledo is so damn stupid that if the Blade keeps suggesting similar ideas, then it could become the new Carty.

It's possible that Owens Community College may have financial reasons for NOT increasing its presence in downtown Toledo.

About 12 days ago, Block Communications Inc.  "announced":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/176636#177659 its plan to close the Blade's _"production section of its building in *+downtown Toledo+* later this year,"_ which will result in the loss of 131 jobs.

Did the Blade editorial board and columnists, such as Burris,  pen protests against BCI's business decision? If not, why not?

June 2007 Blade op-ed titled "The Masons flee once more":http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2007/06/19/The-Masons-flee-once-more.html

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THE announced departure of the Masonic organization from the Zenobia Shrine location it has occupied for nearly six decades on Madison Avenue is not the first time the Masons have decided to *abandon the heart of the city.*

Many Toledoans will recall that the Masons left their downtown temple at Michigan and Adams streets and opened a new Masonic complex in *1969* on Heatherdowns Boulevard.
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Is the Blade still upset about that 1969 decision?

More from that June 2007 editorial:

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Now the Masons intend to make their *abandonment of downtown Toledo complete* by relocating what *remains of their operations* at the Zenobia Shrine to an as yet undisclosed location in Perrysburg Township.
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When the Blade's production section abandons downtown Toledo, where will the newspaper be printed? Perrysburg? Maumee? Berkey? 

So "why":http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2007/06/14/Masons-need-for-smaller-sites-impacts-Toledo.html did the Masons move from downtown Toledo?

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Declining memberships of Toledo's Masonic organizations has them looking for smaller, more *cost-efficient facilities* ...
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It may have been a financial decision.

"Why":http://www.toledofreepress.com/2014/05/30/blade-to-close-downtown-production-plan-lay-off-131-employees/ is the Blade's production section abandoning downtown Toledo?

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... citing the *expense of replacing* aging printing presses and production equipment, _The Blade_ proposed moving to an outside vendor for newspaper production when its current labor contract ends May 31.

In addition, The Blade’s Superior Street building is “expensive to maintain and it, alone, may require millions of dollars of repairs.” The *newspaper has also “been losing money for many years,* with losses exceeding $8.5 million in 2013,” the email stated.
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It could be a financial decision.

The Blade protests others, such as the United Way's building plan, when they make decisions based upon financial reasons, but when the Blade makes a similar decision, that's okay.