In her closing remarks to Toledo City Council, outgoing President Carrie Hartman said that her new job as the director of governmental relations at the University of Toledo is a “tremendous opportunity” for both UT and the city of Toledo.

We hope that is the case. We do see Ms. Hartman’s career adjustment as an opportunity for Toledo to move on from an era excessively characterized by ideological politics and into a period in which the focus is entirely on the city’s real interests.

Because she has withdrawn from the race for city council on Nov. 4, any votes cast for Ms. Hartman will not matter.

Her departure leaves a void at the top of the Lucas County Democratic Party’s slate of endorsed candidates.

It’s an opportunity for the 11 remaining candidates to compete more strongly for one

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