BY TOM TROY
TOLEDO BLADE
"Personnel perks the city can't afford, tax revenues that don't keep pace with the cost of city government, and a collapse in the national economy have come together simultaneously to create the perfect financial storm.
In the recent past, city officials have managed to tie the knots in the city's fraying financial ends enough to prevent dramatically affecting daily life in the city.
That ended yesterday when 75 Toledo police officers - one-sixth of the patrol ranks - were laid off, with more layoffs possible."
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