“The Toledo police knew about the request for the three-day exercise well in advance, but somehow Mayor Carty Finkbeiner didn’t see the memo requesting permission for the event.”
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Then the Marines did not have permission to run this excersize? Where did they get permission if not from the mayor?
A fair question. What is the process for approval?
From the police. Why would anyone think that a normal mayor would give a rat's patootie what law abiding folks were doing in an old abandoned building in a part of the city where, on a weekend, most of the people wouldn't even be around, since they'd be home, either farther out in the city or out in the suburbs.