Mr. D. Michael Collins

The three joining City Council are Lindsay Webb, 32; Tom Waniewski, 50, and D. Michael Collins, 63.
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"After the first of the year we have three new council persons, each from a different generation," Mr. Collins said."You're going to see a new dimension to council."

Mr. Collins, an independent; Ms. Webb, a Democrat; and Mr. Waniewski, a Republican, won the Nov. 6 election to replace three outgoing council members.
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Mr. Collins defeated endorsed Democrat Molly McHugh Branyan, 5,233-4,984, to replace Mr. Ludeman, who was barred by city term limits from running again.
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Mr. Collins ran for office after 27 years as a city police officer - 10 of those in the post of president of the Toledo Police Patrolman's Association, which often put him at odds with Mayor Finkbeiner in the mayor's first two terms.
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Mr. Collins also has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Toledo.

After retiring in 1999 from the Toledo Police Department, Mr. Collins started a second career as an instructor in UT's Department of Criminal Justice.

He said he visited about 1,500 homes in the district to overcome the name recognition and financial resources of Mrs. Branyan, whose father, John McHugh, is a former Toledo mayor.

"We were the little engine that could," Mr. Collins said.

He hammered on two major themes during his campaign - getting a higher priority for redevelopment of Southwyck Shopping Center and increasing the size of the police force.

He was the only one of the eight people running in the four contested districts to say he would definitely vote to renew the trash fee.

"We have to understand that citizens will accept the truth," Mr. Collins said.

Mr. Collins will be the first political independent on council since the creation of the 12-member district/at-large council in 1993.He believes that leaves him freer than his party-endorsed colleagues to vote his conscience.

"It's easier for me to say it's citizens first, because there is no party," Mr. Collins said.
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- Waniewski, Collins, Webb are headed to council | 11/07/2007

Another council member, D. Michael Collins, called the situation "an embarrassment for the city," according to the Blade.

Council Member D. Michael Collins says, "It's going to be a painful process.

Only Mr. Ashford, Mr. Craig and council members Lindsay Webb and D. Michael Collins were present for the entire two-hour hearing.

,Approve a plan created by council members D. Michael Collins and Mr. McNamara to charge a $10 monthly fee for people who don't recycle at the curbside and nothing for those who do.