Welcome

Thank you for your interest in Citizens Organized to Bring Reform and Accountability.  Our group seeks to bring reform and accountability to the City of Toledo government by seeking a vote on various amendments to the City Charter to help bring about these changes.

NOW CIRCULATING PETITIONS FOR: 

• Providing better, more cost effective, direct representation of the citizens of Toledo through the reorganization of  Toledo City Council and changing the appointment method for a vacancy.  View petition here. (Only original petition supplied by COBRA can be circulated.)

• Vote on changing back to the city manager form of government.  This petition is available here.  (This petition can be circulated by any registered voter of Toledo.  Must be printed double-sided and on legal sized paper)

Click on our online calendar page for events and instructions to circulate petitions and where COBRA volunteers will be working.

FUTURE CHANGES:

Make citizen referendum easier by reducing the number of signatures required to do so.

C.O.B.R.A also advocates the following changes that will create transparency, openness and encourage more citizen involvement

Extensive charter review to correct other deficiencies.

Hot Topics & Links

El Paso, TX (populatoin 581,000) city manager switch in 2004.

City manager vs. Strong Mayor study.

Read the history of Toledo's term limits controversy.

Learn about a small group of Toledoans fighting to bring transparency to Toledo area governments.  Visit their site at www.toledopoliticians.com.

Time to blow the whistle on city mismanagement

We want to hear from city employees who want to make suggestions on how to streamline city government, report financial mismanagement and save money for the taxpayers of Toledo.  Tipsters will remain anonymous and any material used will be conveyed in a way that will maintain the anonymity of the tipster.  We are very interested in hearing about how the city management structure and policies have changed since the strong mayor system came into place in 1993.  Past employees and any other citizen with ideas or intimate knowledge of city operations are encouraged to submit tips and ideas.