In this week's "The View from BGSU University Hall" in Sojourner's Truth, Jack Ford suggests:
Current office holders say it is the loss of jobs and poor schools that drive folks away from Toledo. I disagree. I say the main culprit is H20.
There is of course more at the title link. While Jack does a have a point that these long term water agreements might have been done differently, now it almost seems like water under the bridge...
The Former Mayor is still a proponent of regionalism as you can see as the article continues. While I agree in principle that it does make financial sense, the greatest fear I have heard expressed over and over again from those not in Toledo is that regionalism would create a situation where Toledo controlled everything.
Regional economic growth benefits all of us, and it is possible for even more to be done in that regard in the future. I'm just not sure all of the 22 jurisdictions would benefit from becoming one.
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Jack is right in the sense that the old water agreements facilitated the growth of suburban communities, but we all know that factors such as inferior schools, high crime rates, and urban blight cause many current Toledoans to believe the grass is greener in, say, Perrysburg than Toledo.
Other regions, typically counties, have gone unigov, so there are functioning models to examine.
When a county becomes a single governmental entity (the county becomes a city, or a city encompasses a county) there is a special name for it. I just can't seem to remember what it is though.
Damned "Old Timer's Disease..."
No one would lose from regionalism.
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