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City Phone Greeting Calls Mayor a 'Moron'
Toledo Blade ^ | 2/22/08 | Ignazio Messina

Posted on 02/22/2008 8:33:21 AM PST by shredderman

A Toledo city hall prank at the expense of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner created a downtown whodunit yesterday.

For several hours during the day, the telephone voice mail greeting for the city's purchasing hot line was, "Carty Finkbeiner is a complete moron."

Katerina Bekyarska, a spokesman for Mr. Finkbeiner, said the outgoing message was changed immediately after it was brought to her attention.

"Someone obviously went in and - trying to do a joke, not a very good one - went in and recorded the message," Ms. Bekyarska said.

(Excerpt) Read more at toledoblade.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cityhall; finkbeiner; phonecall; toledo
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To: I see my hands

BWAAAA! Perfect response!!!!!!


21 posted on 02/22/2008 9:15:23 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: shredderman

Speakin’ truth to power.


22 posted on 02/22/2008 10:04:54 AM PST by TonyInOhio (Dedicated to the preservation of American Exceptionalism.)
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“Someone obviously went in and - trying to do a joke...”

What makes them so sure it was meant as a joke? If the shoe fits...


23 posted on 02/22/2008 10:10:11 AM PST by DPMD (~)
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To: DPMD

Trying???

Looks like they were completely successful.


24 posted on 02/22/2008 10:34:09 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: Emperor Palpatine

I confess I did it, I was visiting family in Swanton OH. I took a little detour to the people’s republic of Toledo, and made the telephone voice mail greeting on the city’s purchasing hot line, it was easy. So what is the mayor going to do? Call the Marines, don’t bother they are on my side, you commie bastard.


25 posted on 02/23/2008 12:03:37 AM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: Colorado Cowgirl

What family in Swanton? I’m an 81 Graduate from SHS and Penta County JVHS! You wouldn’t have know the Pilliod’s would you? I was the Eldest Son’s Best Friend.


26 posted on 02/25/2008 8:05:47 AM PST by shredderman (Living in a Blue State, with a Blue Wife, But I'm Red to the bone.....)
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To: shredderman

I am a little older than you. I went to school with Jeff Pilliod.


27 posted on 02/25/2008 2:03:53 PM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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