And the Press Release that accompanied it:
McNamara to Mayor Finkbeiner: Toledo Needs Jobs!
Candidate asks citizens to call the Mayor and tell him the city needs an economic development director
New television ads to begin airing on cable news networks
Toledo, OH – City Council candidate Joe McNamara feels the city of Toledo has been without an economic development director for too long. Now he’s appealing to citizens to help him carry that message to Mayor Carty Finkbeiner.
McNamara will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 1, at 11 AM in front of One Government Center, to kick-off a campaign urging citizens to call the Mayor and tell him that Toledo needs jobs and Toledo needs an economic development director. McNamara will be joined by Councilmen Szollosi, Grachek and his honorary campaign chair, Keith Wilkowski.
“Mayor Finkbeiner’s desire to personally lead our city’s economic development efforts is commendable,” notes McNamara. “But the challenges of spearheading large projects, attracting new investment and creating new jobs are too important to rely on symbolism.”
The Toledo attorney will take his message to voters door-to-door and this Wednesday will begin airing a new television ad titled “Toledo Needs Jobs” on cable news networks. The ad will initially run sixty times on four networks: CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News and MSNBC between August 2nd and August 10th.
Alluding to the mayor’s recent career as a television commentator, McNamara states in the ad, “Call the Mayor today and tell him: Not having an economic development director? It’s just not right.”
In February, The Milken Institute ranked Toledo 196th out of 200 major cities in job creation. In June, the Bureau of the Census found that Toledo was the 14th fastest-shrinking city in the nation.
Joe McNamara is a Toledo native, attorney, and Trustee of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and New York University School of Law.
Paid for by Friends of Joe McNamara
4619 Cranbrook Drive, Toledo, OH 43615, Kevin Pirozek CPA, Treasurer
I think it's gutsy and he makes a valid point...
:-)
8 comments:
Wasn't Keith part of the "Carty Team" that went against CostCo?
It's nice to see Joe put Carty's ego on the block. I agree that Carty looks really stupid wearing all those hats at the same time.
What a great cult film hero McNamara has turned into.
I suppose that, after being chastized and dressed down personally by Finkbeiner, an anti-braindrain kid like McNamara deserves to hit back hard.
Joe better watch out this morning for flying objects being launched from the 22nd floor above.
It wouldn't surprize me if Carty showed up for this event, waving his bony finger in Joe's face.
Joe surely has the hutzpuh and the $$$, along with the element of revenge, to move his campaign forward.
Toledo needs job, really! I am unemployed, lay off after six years and am 50.
It would be laughable trying to find work in Toledo as a service tech if it were not for the fact that Toledo is in a down trend.
The mayor wants answer on how to stop the brain drain? Stop standing in the way of businesses, ala Costco, that want to do business here and it is going to take more than a press conference by McNamara to do it
Toledo needs jobs? Brilliant deduction, Sherlock. Why haven't I heard that from the whole kit and kaboodle. I'm starting to like this kid.
Deligation is the key. Carty can't do everything on his own. I am also starting to like this Joe guy.
Carty has hired a fool to be his economic development director, IMO.
Saw the ad last night.
Made me wonder, what are the other council members positions on job creation and what are they doing for the city with regards to job creation and getting businesses to set up shop here.
Carties vision does not seem to extend beyond the downtown area,
So the politicans want to stop the braindrain. They can follow five easy steps:
1. LOWER TAXES!!!!!!!!!
2. Encourage small and medium sized business to grow (don't overtax or overregulate them. Don't use tax dollars to lure big businesses into town knowing full well that they will sqash small, local companies)
3. Stay out of the way with economic development
4. Listen to the citizens...they know better than the politicians
5. Don't show favoritism to businesses owned by a political cronies. Give entrepreneurs a chance.
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