campaigning Category

A recent story on GoErie.com revealed that former State Legislator, Linda Bebko-Jones, is in talks with the Attorney General’s office seeking to plea-bargain her way out of a trial on charges that she and her aide, Mary Fiolek, falsified a number of signatures on her re-election petitions.  Given the vast numbers of politicians who don’t seem to exhibit a […]

The unofficial election day stats can be found here.  http://www.eriecountyelections.com/assets/results_chart_erie.pdf  Sure seems like a lot of voter apathy, only 1/2 of Democrats and less than 1/3 of Republicans bothered to vote.  We must find a way to turn that around!  the future of the Country depends on it.

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 […]

Just a quick update, Hillary Clinton will visit Erie today at 7:30 PM at Mercyhurst College, not at Tullio Arena. The new venue is quite a bit smaller,  easier to control the throng, I guess.

Why on earth would Hillary’s staff arrange to have her Erie campaign stop take place in the outdated Tullio Arena?  Why not in the Bayfront Convention Center?  Why did Bill speak at East High School?  Campaign strategists choose the venue for one reason.  Since they’re trying to portray the current administration as a failure, they […]

About 'What If?'

Dale HannahI am a life-long resident of Erie County, twenty years of which were spent living in the City of Erie. I retired from the tool-and-die trade two years ago, and now have time to enjoy the opportunity to observe city and county goings-on in more depth.

I hope to create a venue to suggest new ideas and solutions to exisiting problems with my blog, 'What If?'.


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