Who says there's never any good news these days? 1970s-style jazz-rock fusion is back, at least for awhile.

Another week without my personal trainer Trevor Tieche of Bodi N Balance in Port Clinton is making it difficult. We are scheduled to meet the morning of June 9 and get back at it.

In late May, members of the United Auto Workers again agreed to concessions to help bankrupt GM get on its feet.

According to a letter to members of Congress from Alan Reuther, the UAW's legislative director, active UAW members made these concessions:

Unfortunately for me, I missed Deidra Cole deliver her statement at the podium at city commission on June 8.  

I just read it on the FIrelands 411 blog. Phenomenal! That’s all I can say.

In fact it was so great, it’s worth repeating.

I heard a few motorcycles around town this weekend, I guess there was some big event going on downtown.

I’m back on the weight-loss track. When I weighed in on June 8, I learned I had gained about 6 pounds from the last time I had stepped on a scale. Yikes!

Much of what passes for economic development these days seems to consist of sitting around and waiting for Uncle Sam to bail you out, or demanding that politicians in Columbus or Erie County solve all of our problems.

I'm more intrigued by grassroots efforts, such as 10 Percent Shift.

 My mother, who I have mostly trained not to send me forwards of any kind, sent me this YouTube video. I shows a highly-automated and very nifty VolksWagen factory.

Governor Ted Strickland and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur were all atwitter Wednesday when the announcement came that 86 of 88 Ohio counties will receive $1 billion in federal loan assistance guarantees.

On Wednesday, June 17 I was invited to attend a Health Care forum hosted by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s office in Toledo.  The audience consisted of retired physicians, employed nurses, who practice home health care and hospice care, mental health professionals and social service professionals.