Outside Erie

GlobalErie blogger Ian Enterline is reporting that EmergyCare CEO Richard Gibbons resigned his position yesterday.

We started what we hope is a new Erie tradition last December when we launched our first “GlobalErie Awards”.
Last year, we solicited reader input and selected award winners in categories such as “Person of the Year”, “Business of the Year”, “New Development of the Year”, and “Erie Expatriate of the Year”.
I’m going to be doing […]

Gotta love it when Erie makes the fake news.
According to The Onion:
ERIE, PA—Local fast food consumer and occasional motorist Don Turnbee announced his decision Wednesday to bypass I-79’s Greenville exit in hopes that the following turnoff would lead to more appealing fast food options. …
While holding out for a superior option, Turnbee has passed on […]

How lively has Outside Erie become?
This morning marked our 5,000th comment — a number that doesn’t include the thousands of other comments left over the past year or so on our other blogs.
Thanks to all of you for helping make this Erie’s most productive and interesting forum. I look forward to many thousands […]

I’ve somehow neglected to mention that GlobalErie is now the home of the full archive of Erie Media-Go-Round, the landmark Erie media blog written by the late Jack Tirak.
If you’re looking to read any of Tirak’s former posts, find old comments, or learn more about Erie media, we’ll house it here in perpetuity.

I thought I’d break up the talk about election fraud and voter turnout to point to a blog post I saw earlier today.
This is a quote from an actual memo sent to reporters and editors at the Raleigh News & Observer about Election Night (courtesy of Romenesko Memos):
From: “Susan Spring”
Date: November 3, 2008 11:46:07 AM […]

GlobalErie writer Rebecca Styn is borrowing from The Ramones in relaunching her blog under a new title, Learn to Listen.
Rebecca was among this site’s early contributors, writing a blog called The Art of Erie.
But she’s long been interested in changing the focus of her writing — reflecting on her role as a young professional in […]

During my visit this week to Erie, I had a chance to sit down with Press & Tower author Joel Natalie to record a podcast about Global Erie, philanthropy, social media, and more.
You can check it out here on Joel’s blog.
I’d love to hear what you think.

Lots of anger today over City Council’s decision last night to table a plan that would give the city $250,000 in upfront state money and up to $2 million more to help revitalize downtown.
Fellow GlobalErie blogger Jim Berlin (who has invested heavily in the redevelopment of Union Station) has a rant over on Berlin’s Wall.
And […]

Don’t worry, I’m not going to use this space to speculate on who might have made the landmark $100 million gift to the Erie Community Foundation.
But Portfolio magazine has in its latest issue.
It’s a controversial move, as I noted yesterday on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Give & Take blog.
While it is fun to speculate […]