What If?

County Executive Mark Divecchio is planning to convene a ‘meeting of local elected officials’ within the next couple of weeks, to discuss how to best lobby Governor  Rendell for the 43.5 million dollars needed for the updates to the Tullio Arena.
It would seem to me that there are many more important areas that should be upgraded, […]

What a shame that the unacceptable behavior of a few seems to be leading to the requirement that all teens coming to Liberty Park for concerts must be accompanied by an adult.  While I’m sure that there are those young people who are discourteous and loud, I find it hard to believe that the majority act […]

As mentioned in Thursday’s goerie.com,  the American Lung Association has given Erie it’s best air-quality rating ever, a “C”.  Now that we have achieved some progress on that issue, can anyone really give a good reason why we should allow the tire plant to be constructed?  With GAF gone, IP gone, and much of the […]

There’s a lot happening in Erie this week and next, which will have an impact, good or negative, on the future of the city and surrounding areas.  It does look to me like a lot of the happenings will be a positive thing.
First, the bad news;  It seems likely that taxpayers are about to lose the […]

Do the inspectors for the Housing Authority have any guidelines to follow during the required inspections?  A friend of mine who owns a two unit building posed this question after an inspector visited her yesterday.  I quote, “Considering the fact that I was required to pay $40 for each of my apartments, I expected a […]

Now that the All-Powerful Erie Port Authority has shown interest in the GAF property, I’m sure that in due time it will become part of their real estate holdings.  It seems they have already included the property in their next development phase.  I haven’t  seen any suggested use, but I would like to put my own […]

One month from today, on April 23rd, Erie will welcome the General Electric Shareholders’ gathering to the sparkling new Bayfront Convention Center.  Aside from the Center, what will the attendees take back to their own cities and towns from their visit to Erie?  Will the City of Erie clean up the area so that the visitors […]

A story in the Buffalo News cited by Peter Panepeto in his OutsideErie blog this morning highlights a problem with autonomous boards and authorities, which operate outside the oversight and controls of the elected officials. The authorities and boards use taxpayer funding, which directly impacts the pocketbooks of all taxpaying citizens. Why are […]