Local Democrats must be hard up for issues to resort to tactics of obfuscation and misrepresentation in regard to this worthwhile and long-awaited proposal. One hopes they aren't in cahoots with Ms. Kilbane and the interests she represents. Farmlands have been falling to developers all around us, and Toledo, which needs development space, has been hampered by toxic residues left behind by firms and individuals long defunct. The bond issue has the potential to positively affect both. Environmentalists like the proposal immensely.
Republican legislators expect many of their Democratic colleagues to back it.
Indeed, in committee the issue was approved 25-1. In the absence of enlightened opposition, we wonder what's not to like. The Blade, All Rights Reserved.