Archive for the ‘Publisher's Statement’ Category

The butterfly effect

By Tom Pounds on Friday, March 19th, 2010

The March 14 episode of “The Simpsons” took a bemused shot at the newspaper industry.…

Five and counting

By Tom Pounds on Friday, March 12th, 2010

Toledo Free Press published its first issue March 16, 2005. Since that time, we have seen…

Letter of the law

By Tom Pounds on Friday, March 5th, 2010

The Feb. 26 signature fraud investigation report from Cuyahoga County special prosecutor James Gutierrez is…

A Star is born

By Tom Pounds on Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Toledo Free Press is approaching its fifth anniversary, but we have not been sitting back…

Revisiting a capital idea

By Tom Pounds on Friday, February 19th, 2010

In September, Toledoans were asked to change the rules governing the Capital Improvement Program to…

Kids or bricks?

By Tom Pounds on Friday, February 12th, 2010

United Way of Greater Toledo on Feb. 11 submitted its long-expected request to demolish the…

Caught between a buck and a hard place

By Tom Pounds on Friday, February 5th, 2010

Toledo Mayor Mike Bell is immersed in suggestions from his “CSI” team, searching for ways…

On the job

By Tom Pounds on Friday, January 29th, 2010

Toledoans should have been disturbed by lthe Jan. 24 Toledo Free Press news story, “Council…

Mo’ money, mo’ problems

By Tom Pounds on Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Toledo Public Schools (TPS) has a problem that could linger like a rain cloud for…

Breaking the ice

By Tom Pounds on Friday, January 15th, 2010

Even in a city as moderately sized as Toledo, it is difficult to conduct all…