Downtown not unsafe
The contention that Downtown Toledo is unsafe and the proposed Downtown ProMedica office needs a private parking garage is specious. If this is the perception of ProMedica and Lindsay Webb, who recently visited the Valentine Theatre and “did not feel safe” while in the area (Toledo Free Press, Jan. 11), then the reality of the situation needs to be investigated by the Toledo Police Department. The TPD keeps records and statistics on crime in the city and is in the best position to dedicate its limited resources to address the concern, if it even exists. Safety should be afforded to all that visit Downtown Toledo. Public parklands should not be sacrificed to deeppocket oligarchies to quell unfounded perceptions. Private parking garages are an impractical solution to parking in a congested Downtown area. It is a shame Toledo Free Press publishes and popularizes such fear propaganda. It casts aspersions on my police department and is a disservice to Downtown Toledo tourism.
— Thomas Names, Toledo
