Toledo spells out what happens if Issue 16 fails

If you were inside the evacuation or shelter-in-place zone, this one may include you. Residents and businesses have filed a proposed class action over the glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) release at the MC Tank terminal on Progress Avenue. It covers everyone subjected to the orders or otherwise exposed, and Heather Keyes is the lead plaintiff.

• Release: began about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 20, lasted over 45 hours
• Defendants: M.C. Tank Transport, Inc. and Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.
• Seeks: economic, non-economic and punitive damages, medical monitoring
• Complaint blames "an error" during a material transfer

Meanwhile, three law firms representing plaintiffs urge residents to protect their rights as the company offers compensation. Attorneys say you may be asked to sign binding legal agreements in exchange for reimbursement for incidental costs.

The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio's governing board rejected another request Wednesday to cancel its ICE contract. Commissioner Pete Gerken's motion lost 10-2, and Lucas County Sheriff Mike Navarre backed it for the first time. Representatives of Defiance, Fulton, Henry and Williams counties opposed it.

One change from past meetings: the board asked Executive Director Dennis Sullivan's staff to study CCNO's finances without the contract.

• ICE detainees held Wednesday: 83
• Staffing savings if a unit closed: $500,000
• U.S. Marshals contract revenue: $2.7 million a year

Defiance County Sheriff Doug Engel said detainees would otherwise be held farther from their families. Gerken called that a "false narrative." CCNO has also lost the City of Toledo as a partner, and Gerken says Lucas County uses about 145 beds a day.

If you live in Ohio's 9th District, the Speaker of the House just came to town. Mike Johnson rallied Republican voters behind Derek Merrin at the Lucas County Republican Party headquarters in Holland. "This is a top five race in America," Johnson said. Merrin is in a rematch with Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, and redistricting shifted the district further to the right.

Cleveland 19 notes Kaptur has held the seat since 1983 and is seeking her 23rd term. The district covers the entire northwestern corner of Ohio, and Election Day is Tue., Nov. 3. Merrin says his campaign's polling has him winning "by a couple points."

• Kaptur blamed Johnson for not pushing back on tariffs, citing rising costs
• Merrin says he does not support tariffs on consumer goods
• Merrin priorities: lowering prices, cutting taxes, growing jobs