Archive for the ‘Connecting the Dots’ Category

All is forgiven (but just this once)

By Jim Harpen on Friday, September 25th, 2009

OK Toledo. 18% of you voted in the primary (high-five). 82% of you sat on…

Another one bites the dust

By Jim Harpen on Friday, September 11th, 2009

As I write this column it looks like another curtain is falling on Downtown Toledo.…

A Downtown Mayor

By Jim Harpen on Friday, August 28th, 2009

The Toledo mayoral candidates had their first broadcast TV debate last week.
(Hmm …)
The…

Trumping November

By Jim Harpen on Friday, August 14th, 2009

“Ben Konop — he’s a Republican, right?”
That was an actual question put to me…

Fighting for justice

By Jim Harpen on Friday, July 31st, 2009

Nineteen years is a long time. Unless that’s all the time you spend in prison…

Chasing Obama-bucks

By Jim Harpen on Friday, July 17th, 2009

I’ve been working for about seven months on creating a new business. Done lots of…

Independents Day

By Jim Harpen on Friday, July 3rd, 2009

It’s the bottom of the fifth inning and it’s Independents two, Democrats two and Republicans…

Memo from the mayor

By Jim Harpen on Friday, June 19th, 2009

You gotta hand it to Carty. He’s coming up with some pretty inventive ways to…

Unfinished business

By Jim Harpen on Friday, June 5th, 2009

I was having lunch the other day with a former Toledo mayor (four guesses who)…

A third party

By Jim Harpen on Thursday, May 7th, 2009

When you call the Lucas County Board of Elections, the automated answering system gives you…