My Sep 30, 2014 comment about Toledo's blight authority

http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/178241/15Jun2014/Blade_blight_article_Dont_know_whether_to_laugh_or_cry/297#183512

The water authority talk in the other thread made me wonder if any updates existed for Toledo's blight authority.

* Sep 11, 2014 - "Toledo Councilmen release names of 15 people for newly formed Toledo Blight Authority":http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2014/09/11/Toledo-Councilmen-release-names-of-15-people-for-newly-formed-Toledo-Blight-Authority.html

* Sep 19, 2014 - "Collins shows off city cleanup  app":http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/09/19/Collins-shows-off-city-cleanup-app.html

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The app allows residents to report a range of issues to the city directly from smart phones, tablets, or computers. The cost to Toledo taxpayers was $16,000.

Toledo’s charter requires the mayor to get council approval for any outlay of $10,000 or more. *The mayor said the app’s $16,000 cost was divided into three purchase orders, negating the need for council action.*

In 2008, when Mayor Collins was a councilman, he criticized Mayor Carty Finkbeiner for spending $100,000 to renovate a section of the Erie Street Market into a concert venue. The renovations at the city-owned market building near downtown was split into more than a dozen contracts, each below the $10,000 council-approval threshold.
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* Sep 26, 2014 - "Blade reporter honored for ‘Ugly Truth About Toledo’":http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/09/26/Blade-reporter-honored-for-Ugly-Truth-About-Toledo.html

Did EconCat88 get honored, or is he still being hunted?

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