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February 11, 2008 By Tribune news services
TOLEDO, Ohio - Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said Sunday that he stands by his decision to stop a Michigan-based Marine battalion from holding an urban warfare training session downtown.
About 200 reservists, whose unit is based in Grand Rapids, had prepared to conduct the exercise at a vacant building Friday when city officials put a stop to it.
Finkbeiner said that more than 10,000 people would have been leaving their downtown offices as Friday's exercise unfolded.
"The mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people," Finkbeiner spokesman Brian Schwartz said.
February 11, 2008 By Tribune news services
TOLEDO, Ohio - Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said Sunday that he stands by his decision to stop a Michigan-based Marine battalion from holding an urban warfare training session downtown.
About 200 reservists, whose unit is based in Grand Rapids, had prepared to conduct the exercise at a vacant building Friday when city officials put a stop to it.
Finkbeiner said that more than 10,000 people would have been leaving their downtown offices as Friday's exercise unfolded.
"The mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people," Finkbeiner spokesman Brian Schwartz said.