Rival states consider economic teamwork

Here's an encouraging sign ....

Each year in November, teams from two bordering states trade bone-jarring tackles, touchdowns, and insults on a single Saturday afternoon.What if on the other 364 days of the year, those two rival states were friends instead of enemies, partners instead of competitors?

Ohio and Michigan are nationally known for their adversarial relationship on the college football field as well as for their sagging state economies.What if the Buckeye state and the Wolverine state played for the same team? Not in shoulder pads, but sporting business suits, hard hats, or lab coats?

What if this partnership were created in our own backyard, a joint economic development zone that could encompass northern portions of Toledo and southeastern Michigan and was supported by Toledo utilities? More here.