JR: My tt comment from july 2007 - This Top Whatever list of Lake Erie West communities is bogus. I made it up. No one did a survey or study. I'm peddling crap. Besides, a real list would have Ann Arbor as the #1 community. Personally, I'd put Elmore near the top. I'm reading an ent... more>> 11 min read
- Jun 13, 2015 - #humor

JR: Carty may run for mayor again in 2015 - my may 19, 2015 tt comments "give me specific examples" You can spend hours looking through the archives at Toledo Talk. The man is classless. He mistreats people, both staff and private citizens. But his rampages are hilarious. He provides gre... more>> 9 min read
- May 20, 2015 - #toledo #politics #humor #moronism #history

JR: Three Branches of Toledo Government - Clear, concise explanation. May 6, 2015 - Maumee Dearest: The three branches of city government Toledo Unions Flunkies Hacks Old Geezers School Board Refugees Folks Living off Name Recognition Pension Padders Nepotism Spouse Various Bran... more>>
- May 06, 2015 - #toledo #politics #moronism #cartoon #humor

JR: Tt apr 27 2015 comment - EconCat88, I see that you are a newspaper editor, or you are sharing ideas. Apr 26, 2015 - Toledo Blade - Poor decisions accelerated decline of Toledo's once-bustling downtown The sad shape of large sections of downtown Toledo [today] rows of vac... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 27, 2015 - #toledo #history #politics #business #humor #moronism

JR: My tt apr 24, 2015 comment - in a thread about ohio penalizing cities using traffic enforcement cameras I am confident that the fascists in Toledo government will resolve this. We shall overcome. But we need a hashtag to help us weather this crisis. I propose using a quote... more>>
- Apr 24, 2015 - #NeverUnderestimateThePredictabilityOfStupidity #toledo #politics #moronism #ohio #humor

JR: Apr 20, 2015 TT post - The humor. A few months ago, Ohio's governor signed new legislation that basically rendered our traffic enforcement cameras useless. Toledo officials disliked this new law, and the city found an agreeing judge to put the new state regs on hold. The... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 20, 2015 - #toledo #legal #politics #moronism #humor

JR: Hilarious so-called savings from turnpike electronic tolling - my apr 20 2015 tt post "In Ohio, it saves you up to 50% ..." When Ohio implemented electronic tolling back in 2009 or so, the turnpike commission increased the cash fare rate by over 45 percent. I guess that lot of overhead exists in managing ele... more>>
- Apr 20, 2015 - #moronism #humor #politics

JR: Climate Change is Naturally Occurring Because Humans are a Part of Nature - I heard about this book on NPR: ... if we know the world is warming and theres a 10 percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why arent we doing more about climate change right now? First, ... more>> 5 min read
- Mar 24, 2015 - #climate #book #humor

JR: Toledo politics notes mar 4, 2015 - Entertaining Mar 4, 2015 Keith Burris column about yesterday's freak show at Toledo city council, except Burris called the city government escapades burlesque. Maybe this is why Burris won the Toledo City Paper's "Best Of Toledo 2014" award for pri... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 04, 2015 - #toledo #politics #moronism #media #humor

JR: Feb 20, 2015 - Interesting but not surprising observations by Toledo Blade columnist Keith Burris - Column excerpts: Something ugly is happening at Toledo City Council in the wake of Mayor D. Michael Collins death. A power grab. A fraction of the Lucas County Democratic Party, bolstered by some in the construction trade unions, wants to seize co... more>> 1 min read
- Feb 20, 2015 - #toledo #politics #humor #moronism

JR: What Toledo's new mayor should have said - Toledo mayor PH2 was sworn in yesterday. Blade story : The new mayor said the city administration must attract living-wage jobs, create livable spaces, and show young people that they can make Toledo their home. Unfortunately, no specific mentio... more>> 1 min read
- Feb 18, 2015 - #humor #toledo #politics

JR: Modern day attitude about toledo area politics - my jan 7, 2015 toledotalk.com comment "Here's what the critics want: transparency and competency." In Toledo / Lucas County?? Good one. Some citizens have been wanting that from our local, political dimwits for many years, but demanding such thin... more>> 1 min read
- Jan 07, 2015 - #toledo #politics #humor

JR: Programming languages for long-term projects - Perl did not even get mentioned. If it did, it would probably be given the same response as PhP. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8818926 Discussing programming languages is always a good way to start a flame-war. And naturally, someone wil... more>> 4 min read
- Dec 31, 2014 - #programming #history #humor

JR: Toledo state of the city speeches - Mayor Ford's 2005 state of the city speech We have reformed our information technology department from being fragmented to where we are now on the cusp of being on the cutting edge. Carty's 2008 speech 2007 was also a year Toledo gained nation... more>>
- Dec 10, 2014 - #humor #toledo #politics

JR: Retiring from Voting - I'm thinking about retiring from political voting, so that I can pursue other projects, spend more time with my family, and give others a chance to vote, especially young people :) November 2013 may have been my last vote. Month 11 and year 13, a co... more>> 5 min read
- Nov 12, 2014 - #moronism #humor #toledo #ohio #politics #blog_jr