Financial Advice for Young Lawyers

UT law school, room #1008, Thursday April 22, at 5:00 pm.

OSBA Young Lawyers Counsel, UT Law Career Services, and Edward Jones independent financial advisor Jon Vanslooten, are happy to present a 45 minute educational session for law students and young lawyers.

Come one come all.

TAHL

Red Light Camera Petition Meeting

I attended the red light camera/fixed speed detection petition drive kick off meeting last night. The meeting was poorly attended, but, given the weather, the lack of major media announcement, and the Mud Hens game, the presenters were not surprised.

The meeting was informative, gave participants the necessary tools to get the drive going, and some motivation to do so. According to Chris Finney, a lawyer from Cincinnati who has lead successful red light camera petition drives in other cities and on other issues; the response last year to the the issue from Toledoans is the most positive he has witnessed. Last years petitions were rejected on a technical issue found in the Toledo Municipal Code that is not shared in other jursidictions, but this years petitions are in full compliance.

Keep your eye out for petition circulators and please sign of you are a registered Toledo voter. Regardless of which side of the debate you are on, as members of a free Republic, you should support the apportunity to get such issues on the ballot for citizen vote.

TAHL

Credit where Credit is Due!!

For the first time I can specifically remember - I agree with something President Obama has done. Interestingly enough -- this decision has not garnered much national attention. Not surprisingly.

From the New York Times. -- The President has authorized the targeted killing of a radical-Muslim cleric who is also a US Citizen.

"WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating in them, intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Tuesday."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36208306/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times

So - why has this not gotten more publicity? Because the administration and national media know it would outrage the liberal left wing that President Obama is beholden to.

As for me -- you got ONE RIGHT - Mr. President.

TAHL

Union Extortion Tactics Know No Boundaries!

The extortionist tactics of some union members have no limits. In today's Blade - Letters to the Editor, can be found a call by Patrick Hagenmaier, a rabid supporter of the UFCW union, to WITHHOLD BLOOD DONATIONS, until the Red Cross negotiates a contract with the union workers who staff the donation centers.

Really -- withhold life saving blood from the populous to coerce labor contracts?! I guess I should not be surprised when withholding police, fire, and educational services are well known scare tactics when contracts for those workers come due.

As a former UFCW member and Toledo citizen, shame on you Patrick Hagenmaier! I am willing to bet those dedicated Red Cross workers share my sentiment.

TAHL