TT comment Jun 18, 2014 No shock that Burris is "fawning":http://www.toledoblade.com/Keith-Burris/2014/06/17/Big-story-big-reaction-big-chance.html over Jack Ford's alleged ideas to help Toledo. Jack Ford got elected to Toledo City Council in 1993. He has been elected/appointed to: * state government * mayor of Toledo * Toledo Public School Board * Toledo City Council again in 2013 * and he's planning to run for some state position this November And now Ford has a plan for Toledo. But his 2014 plan differs from his "idea":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/1374/Jack-ass_Fords_racial_addiction#Toledo_needs_more_white_folk back in 2007 when Jack Ford said about Toledo: q. We need more white folks with middle-class paychecks. q.. br. On this blight issue, it seems that Mayor Collins and Jack Ford "disagree":http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2014/06/18/Mayor-decries-Blade-s-report-on-city-blight.html on what to do next. Maybe Ford can break out his Malcolm X poster to intimidate Collins. From a 2005 "story":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/1374/Jack-ass_Fords_racial_addiction#Bow_down_to_Malcolm q. The mayor also got laughs when he talked about some white businessmen’s reactions to artwork in his office on the 22nd floor of Government Center. One is a picture of Muhammad Ali. The other is of Malcolm X, the more militant Civil Rights Movement peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "That’s so when folks come in there, *I want them to see instantly what time of day it is.* Literally, business guys have come in there and their legs buckle. They come in and say ‘Oh my gosh, the mayor’s got Malcolm X on his wall.’ That means we’re going to do the right thing; that’s why that picture’s up there," Mayor Ford said. q.. br. In June 2007, the Toledo Public School board "chose":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/6/3849 Jack Ford to fill a vacant spot on the board. A handful of people "applied":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/6/3849#55480 for the position. My June 2007 "comment":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/6/3849#55480 q. Yeah, the vote by the board members went as expected. The level of political inbreeding that exists in Toledo is staggering, and it's a major reason for the problems in the city and the school system. *Current mayor recommends a former mayor.* The daily paper endorses the same candidate and practically threatens the other board members to vote for Ford. Status quo. Failure. And so it goes for Toledo and TPS. Three-term Carty, Ford, Foley. It's amazing, yet it should no longer be surprising. *And I don't how someone gets serious consideration for the school board when he expresses his half-ass interest by scribbling on a +teacher's application+ like Ford did.* q.. The other candidates for that open school board position in 2007 submitted formal resumes and cover letters, but Ford did not. In my opinion, Ford felt that since he was Jack Ford, former mayor of Toledo, that he was exempt from properly applying for the school board position. But Ford had to submit something, so he hand-scribbled ineligibly on a teacher's application. Ford's blighted application for the 2007 school board position, which "apparently contained":http://www.toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/comments.pl/6/3849#55517 an incorrect home address and a phone number that did not work. br. In my opinion, during the application process for that 2007 school board position, Ford showed a lack of respect for the job and TPS, no attention to detail, and unprofessional behavior. Just because Ford continues to get elected/appointed to government positions, that does not mean he is worth listening to. The Collins administration should simply ignore Ford. What qualifies him to know what's best for Toledo 2014 after being in the political game for at least 20 years?