Mayor Says City's Promo For Christian Halloween Alternative Was Improper

In Toledo, Ohio, the mayor's office has decided that a city official acted improperly this week in publicizing three events offering a Christian alternative to Halloween. Today's Toledo Blade reports that the city's Board of Community Relations executive director, Juanita Greene, used a city computer and the city's e-mail account to distribute a news release publicizing "Holyween", a Christian alternative to "trick or treating" sponsored by G.O.D.S. Ministries. The alternative events were held at two churches and at a YMCA branch and had the support of 8 Christian organizations in the city.