TT comment Jul 16, 2014


From that iheartglasscity.com post:

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What Toledo doesn’t need… is to be *bullied;* especially by one of our own residents. 

EconCat88 is Toledo’s biggest *bully* and #1 enemy number.

The sum of $1, yes one dollar, will be paid to the person(s) who divulges any knowledge leading to the unmasking of Toledo’s Biggest *Bully.*
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I would consider that iheartglasscity.com post to be a form of Internet bullying, or as historymike described it, "virtual terrorism."  

Using bully tactics to complain about a so-called bully may invalidate the point of the iheartglasscity.com website.

More from that post:

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The part that bothers me the most is he’s doing all this damage anonymously; he is *cowardly* hiding behind a screen name.
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He calls EconCat88 a coward. Yet he writes:

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I want every resident to know whom and to where to send their *thanks, praise and adulation.*
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Does he really want thanks, praise, and adulation sent to EconCat88, or was he being sarcastic? If the latter, then what are the real intentions? What does the author really want to happen? If the author is not a coward like EconCat88, then the author should define what he really wants to happen to EconCat88 with an outing.

iheartglasscity.com = Virtual terrorism ??

The author states:

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The saddest part is I don’t believe EconCat88 is *intelligent* enough to understand the *damage he is inflicting on Toledo’s future.* I am surprised he has figured out how to upload videos on YouTube.
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Yet think about how stupid the above statement is. Toledo's population began declining in the late 1960s or the 1970s, at least 30 years before YouTube was launched. Videos either way will have no impact on Toledo's future.

The author calls EconCat88 unintelligent, yet he makes another absurd point in a June 19, 2014 "post":http://iheartglasscity.com/2014/06/19/baumhower-toledoisbeautiful-the-challenge/

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If I were a CEO of a business looking to relocate my company or to build a new office/warehouse in expansion, I would do some extensive researching, and I would likely start with a *simple Google search.*

Any CEO or business man who would Google the city of Toledo would find such attractive stories like “Most Miserable City”, “Worst Winter”, Gang Maps and John Stainbrook. 

Let me ask you… if your only way to learn about the “Glass City” was by reading the Toledo Blade, would you move your business or start a new office here?
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EconCat88 has focused some of his negative opinions on downtown Toledo, yet, "Promedica":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/170875/Promedica_Moving_700_Employees_Downtown_Toledo and now "Lathrop":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/179808/Lathrop_moving_to_Downtown have announced intentions to move downtown.

Has any business publicly stated that the reason why they left Toledo or refused to move into Toledo was because of so-called negative Toledo Blade stories or EconCat88 videos?

A CEO of a successful business will not base a decision on a simple Google search. I doubt the CEO gives a damn about what's written in a newspaper or what's posted to YouTube. The CEO is only concerned about remaining successful, and when moving or starting a new business, a huge number of variables get considered that are way more important that feature stories or socialmedia content.

The iheartglasscity.com author needs to calm down the dramatics and employ some common sense, or show proof that alleged negative content drives business away, instead of making baseless claims about Toledo's future being damaged by simple videos.

In my opinion, it appears that the iheartglasscity.com author opposes freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and diversity. 

From the June 19 post:

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