Posted on 02/09/2008 10:59:58 PM PST by Merlinator
Mayor kicks Marines out of Toledo 1-24th Marines were scheduled for weekend urban warfare training in downtown Toledo, when Carty gave them the boot
By Darsha Philips Posted: Saturday, February 09, 2008 at 2:05 p.m.
TOLEDO, OH -- Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines from Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of Toledo just before the unit was supposed to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown.
The mayor’s spokesperson, Brian Schwartz said, “the mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people. He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area."
see article for mhttp://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=94192ore
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“Wow, I live in a congested civilian area where one might hear a gunshot during the night”
You’d be wise to move.
Thats a pretty flippant reply. Maybe you could suggest a city where you never hear any shots, where there is no crime, no drunken drivers, no road rage, no pedophiles etc....or maybe I am wiser to live where I do and try to make a difference along with my neighbors and police to make this area a better place. you think?
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