City of Toledo

The City of Toledo, like most urban areas, has many budget problems to deal with. Much of this stems from the overall downturn in the world economy. A great deal of Toledo's trouble comes from decades of poor planning/management. Cutbacks in safety personnel; fire and police are seen as necessary to balance budgets. The current mayor has a great dislike for the Toledo Police, and I think he will make police cuts out of spite. One path that may be taken is to make the Lucas County Sheriff as the law enforcement agency for the city. This would make deputy sheriffs patrol and enforce the laws, the mayor would be relieved of a thorn in his side, and costs would be reduced substantially. This would not be a good choice, but somewhat of a "nuclear" option. Let's all hope and pray this never occurs!!