{"id":1173,"date":"2009-09-15T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2009-09-15T22:19:02","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T03:19:02","slug":"brian-wilson-deposes-mayor-of-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/15\/brian-wilson-deposes-mayor-of-toledo\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Wilson Deposes Mayor of Toledo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talk show host Brian Wilson <\/a>toppled Toledo’s Mayor-for-Life Carly Finkbeiner today.<\/p>\n

Another career politician bites the dust – thanks to the hard work and dogged activism of one of the nation’s most talented talk show hosts. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wilson has hammered Finkbeiner for the last three years as a talk show host at WSPD<\/a> and was a leader of a petition drive to recall Finkbeiner from office. <\/p>\n

Wilson’s heat became too much for the three-term mayor, who signaled that he would not seek reelection. A primary occurred today to allow Toledo residents to choose a replacement for Good Time Carly. <\/p>\n

I hope Brian gets the chance to write up the story of how he brought down this rascal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talk show host Brian Wilson toppled Toledo’s Mayor-for-Life Carly Finkbeiner today. Another career politician bites the dust – thanks to the hard work and dogged activism of one of the nation’s most talented talk show hosts. 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