The Mayor as Mentor: Portland Vs. Toledo

By JAMES PITKIN

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Mayor Carty Finkbeiner of Toledo, Ohio, received some uninvited attention from local media after this Youtube video surfaced. It captures Finkbeiner struggling to break up a fight in a local park, labeling one kid "fatso" and "tubby."

Chalk it up as another potential mayoral mentoring moment gone awry.

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