So am I an missing something? or this same-old, same-old?…

Well, I can not say I agree in 100% with you…

Thanks for the walk down memory lane with reference to the Spectrum. I had completely forgotten about the paper (and I don’t mean that as a slam). As a proud graduate of UT (1991-1997), I know remember the nice competition between the two papers on campus.

As for Block and Finkbeiner, very good points. If you look at the two cities that Block exerts attempted control, Pittsburgh and Toledo, both cities are suffering due to behind the scenes machinations. If you look at Carty now, the only word that comes to my mind is Fascism. If people disagree with he or Block’s agenda, let’s cut them out and spin, spin, spin.

Keep up the insightful work.

Ego is always a factor, but there are financial and legacy issues as well. Control for the sake of control seems to be the game, but with so much behind-the-scenes chicanery happening, we’ll never know the full extent of the corruption or the true goals. And yes, there are a number of slices at stake: The Blade, Buckeye Cablevision, real estate, etc.

Tim,

I liken it to the “Confederacy of Dunces”: That title is a quote from Jonathan Swift: “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.”

That does not mean I am claiming genius, although Brian Wilson might, but in this battle, the lines between good and evil, or at least good and mediocre, are clear.

The cult of personality that you so ably describe cannot help but remind me of the city of my birth, Chicago; and its famous mayor at the time, the first Richard Daley. I am astonished by how much Toledo has adopted a tradition which I had thought had long since passed in this age of political correctness. Backroom deals, political patronage, and behind the scenes puppet masters are all things that we had thought we had left behind in the dark ages of politics. I never know now whether to simply stand back in amazement and treat this as a political “Dinosaur Diorama” or reread my copy of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” and draw the parallels.

Thank goodness that someone shines a little light on the cockroaches however, or we would never know of their behind the scenes machinations. If the Free Press, WTOL, and WSPD are to be the designated nemesis of these villains, perhaps we can borrow from classic comics and call you “The Justice League”. Do not fear that we will leave these political evildoers without a name however, and my suggestions would be the “Alliance of Ignorance”.