Toledo mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 Marines out of Toledo just before the unit was supposed to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown. A spokesman from the mayor's office said, “the mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people. He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area."
That explanation is as lame as it gets. I'm thinking a real terrorist attack would be more frightening than a training exercize.
By the way, Toledo police said they knew about the training and had approved the unit’s use of the Madison Building and the Promenade Park area, and said the unit’s presence would have a minimal impact on the city.
That explanation is as lame as it gets. I'm thinking a real terrorist attack would be more frightening than a training exercize.
By the way, Toledo police said they knew about the training and had approved the unit’s use of the Madison Building and the Promenade Park area, and said the unit’s presence would have a minimal impact on the city.
This bonehead has belonged to several political parties in the past, but has found a welcome home in his current politcal party. Here's a story about a Democratic party fundraiser for Finkbeiner in 2005.
