Bob Frantz gives Billboard Bob a free skate

Just when I believed after the lie detector challenge that Bob Frantz was going to follow up on demanding the truth? Didn't happen.

I listened with disbelief as all that happened was what could only be described as a public relations event for Bob McCloskey. The lie detector test? Oh gee, sorry guys, his attorney said he couldn't do it. He really wants to, and he meant it at the time. I couldn't believe Bob Frantz bought that as an excuse.

He allowed Bob McCloskey a public forum when his version of the truth wasn't even challenged. We do know that poor Bob Mc is suffering from alot of stress over the Blade's "constant and constant and constant" negative articles about him. He's claiming that he had the support to win the Council President seat until that mean and nasty Toledo Blade wrote about him. Bob Mc is hurt by Frank's actions, he claims he was all ready to support Frank as City Council President until Frank tried to bribe him. Which we know is debateable given what is below. (Yes it is ironic I would be almost defending the Blade...)

So let's take a look at this "constant and constant and constant" negative articles shall we?


December 29th:

Bob is mentioned but only because Phil Copeland announces he too is going to try for the Council President seat.

Editorial on Council mess, yes Bob is mentioned in this one but it's not just about him.

December 28th:

Bob makes announcement, well gosh darn that Toledo Blade for writing about Bob's announcement he is again going to seek the Council President seat.

December 23rd:

Editorial telling Bob to Take the Oath, again written because Bob can't be both a district wide council wide council person and the district 3 councilman at the same time. Yet, Bob's lack of decision is I guess the Blade's fault too.

Toledo Law Department says Bob can take the oath yet Bob falters. Again, this is only news because Bob didn't make a decision.

December 22nd:

That "Tom Troy" that Bob McCloskey referred to in the radio interview writes about the law suit that Dave Schulz filed concerning the legality of Bob taking the district wide seat. Ummm that's news too.

December 17th:

Mentions Bob but is about the District 3 seat and Council President slot where Bob is "disappointed" and is considering switching his support from he may switch his support for council president from Mark Sobczak to Mr. Szollosi. (Gee he didn't always support Frank now did he?)

December 10th:

Dave Schulz files lawsuit, well who can blame the Blade for writing that it is news....

December 3rd:

The Blade looks at the legal questions about the civil lawuit McCloskey is involved in. According to Bob it's the Blades fault as well that the prosecutor's office is looking at this because Julia Bates read a November 20th article.

November 23rd:

Editorial, and yes this one I'd say is a bit....anti-Bobish....Yet it's not untruthful. It's also after the election.

November 22:

Julia Bates announces the prosecutor's office is looking at McCloskey. Also where Mr. McCloskey said yesterday he was backing out of his quest to be the next president of Toledo City Council. (Of course we know he changes his mind later)

November 20th:

The Blade finally writes about the civil suit realistically if they really wanted to have harmed McCloskey they would have done this before the election. Yet with held this information that many of us knew till after the election was over.

November 10th:

Bob once again makes the news because of his own past statements. Guess no one told him that if you don't make announcements? Local papers don't write about you....

November 5th:

Ohio Elections Commission has dismissed the complaint against Bob. Now surely that doesn't count as a constant, constant, negative.

November 2nd:

Blade doesn't endorse McCloskey not that it appears that mattered since he came in second...

October 29th:

The Blades candidate piece on Bob McCloskey as they did with all of the candidates....

Now, looking at that how many of these articles were not based on real news? Some of it created by Bob McCloskey's decisions or lack of decisions. You be the judge if this was a purposeful attempt to discredit him or rather what we can expect from any media source.