Mayor to Marines: Leave downtown - He says urban exercises scare people

Toledo Blade ^

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Mayor to Marines: Leave downtown He says urban exercises scare people

By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER

A company of Marine Corps Reservists received a cold send-off from downtown Toledo yesterday by order of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner.

The 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., planned to spend their weekend engaged in urban patrol exercises on the streets of downtown as well as inside the mostly vacant Madison Building, 607 Madison Ave.

Toledo police knew days in advance about their plans for a three-day exercise. Yet somehow the memo never made it to Mayor Finkbeiner, who ordered the Marines out yesterday afternoon just minutes before their buses were to arrive.

"The mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people," said Brian Schwartz, the mayor's spokesman.

"He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area."

So after a brief stop at a friendly base in Perrysburg Township, the Marines by early evening were back on their way home to Grand Rapids.

"I wish they would have told us this four hours ago," Staff Sgt. Andre Davis said.

Sergeant Davis, who traveled ahead of the five-bus convoy, stepped from his vehicle into downtown about 3:20 p.m. and was told by a city employee that the mayor wanted him and his soldiers packed up and out by 6 p.m.

Members of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines have trained periodically in downtown Toledo since at least 2004 and most recently in May, 2006.

[southernerwithanattitude]

I love that bumper sticker!

[Clintons Are White Trash]

Last week here in St. Louis I saw some cool looking fighter jets (don’t ask me what kind) zipping around the Boeing plant airspace - was I frightened? Heck no, I was impressed and excited!! I get even more excited thinking about the Stealth Bombers flying from Missouri to their missions around the world. What kind of freak is afraid of the military???

[Iron Munro]

YOU MIGHT BE A WUSSIE IF:

You pee your pants at the sight of a Boy Scout or a Marine in uniform

You would rather hand your country over to radical Islamists than miss an episode of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”

It takes more than three words to order your coffee

You shave any part of your body except your face or skull

You Tivo Will and Grace

You buy your shampoo at a salon instead of a grocery store

You are working really hard to stay in touch with your feminine side

You have panic attacks when a four wheel drive pulls up next to you at a red light

You have cried at a Ben Affleck movie

You only drink imported bottled water

You own more underwear than your mother

[antiRepublicrat]

Has anyone thought of the possible dead Marines because of this hateful person? Such exercises are their realistic training for urban warfare against our enemies. Sure, we have fake town sections built on military bases for this, but training is better with real buildings in a real city.

[don-o]

This is so breathtakingly stupid, I am at a loss on how to comment. Hope you will share the letter you write

[Larry Lucido]

Elected officials (with e-mail)

http://www.ci.toledo.oh.us/Government/ElectedOfficials/tabid/105/Default.aspx

[don-o]

nabbed and sent to my son who reports to P.I. on June 30!

Thanks

[Larry Lucido]

mayor.toledo@toledo.oh.gov
michael.ashford@toledo.oh.gov

Your lack of welcome and civility toward the U.S. Marines in your city is a disgrace. If the Marines aren’t good enough for Toledo, then neither is anyone else. I’ll be sure to spread the word of your hostility.

Larry Lucido

[doodad]

Now I am sure that I hate Toledo. My in laws live there and I had to go enjoy the surroundings for a few days. And don’t get me started on what they call chili.

[VaRepublican]

Here’s to your son. God speed and be safe.

[antiRepublicrat]

You Tivo Will and Grace

"But I only watched "Will And Grace" one time one day
Wish I hadn't 'cause TiVo now thinks I'm gay"

Props to Weird Al.

[STONEWALLS]

“The Marines should go train in Detroit.Live ammo....”

....it’s happened before....in the bad riot of the late 1960s....the Army went in and shot thousands of rounds of live ammo hosing down buildings....took them about four days to get things under control.

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping, your links and your letter Larry.

[STONEWALLS]

....sorry to hear the Libs are now holding sway in Toledo...I used to go there a lot in the 70s and 80s when I worked for Owens Illinois and it was an All-American city...patriotic to the core.

[KeyLargo]

THE BEST COMEBACK LINE EVER!

Marine Corps

General Reinwald was interviewed on the radio the other day and you’ll love his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws, you gotta love this!!!

This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. The following is a portion of a National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster and US Marine Corps General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL REINWALD: We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.

FEMALE INTERV IEWER: Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?

GENERAL REINWALD: I don’t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER: But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL REINWALD: Well, Ma’am, you’re equipped to be a
prostitute but you’re not one, are you?

The radio went silent and the interview ended.
You gotta love the Marines.

[Bernard]

How much federal money does Toledo get? and how much of it ends up in the mayor’s pocket?

[radar101]

Office of the Mayor
Carty Finkbeiner
One Government Center
Toledo, OH 43604

EMAIL THE MAYOR:

mayor.toledo@toledo.oh.gov

[radar101]

IF YOU CAN'T READ ARABIC-Thank a Marine

[Iron Munro]

With all of the Muslims around Toledo it would be a good idea to have the Marines there from time to time!

Memo to General James T. Conway, Commandant, US Marine Corps:

Put Toledo on the list of cities to bypass when the SHTF.
No sense letting good Marines get injured in a liberal run crap hole like this.

[Krankor]

Sadly, that's an urban legend