What If?

You may have noticed that I pulled two blogs and related comments from my site today.  This is the reason for the action.
On Sunday,  I used as a source for a blog, a comment I saw in a column in the local newspaper.  Monday evening I received an e-mail from ABC News Reporter Martha Raddatz […]

One of the key issues Director of Economic Development Bob Spaulding covered at the county exec.’s town hall meeting last Wednesday is the proposed regional community college.  In responce to a question I posed, trying to find solid reasoning in the effort, he described many of the issues involved.
The Erie area has a vast shortage […]

I will be attending the Rust Belt Bloggers’ conference this weekend, hoping to do some networking with old and new friends from the blogging world.  For those of you who may not be aware, The Rust Belt Bloggers is quite similar in purpose to our own GlobalErie Network, in that the thrust of their association is […]

According to residents of lower west side neighborhoods along the bayfront, not all the noise on the Fourth of July came from the fireworks display put on by the city.  Even though all the streets were posted no parking, they were clogged with cars and revellers. Fireworks were being set off in the street, some […]

Police today filed charges against Paul Brugger, 83, for girdling two big trees at the foot of Liberty Street.  Supposedly the trees partially obstructed the view of the bay from the condo buildings that Brugger owns, even though they are not even in the same block.  Also, Mr Brugger does not live at the property.   […]

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 […]

An article on the GoErie website posted this afternoon, announced that Erie Coke Corp., located on the East Bayfront, has been hit with a 6.1 Million dollar fine for chronic violations of the air purity act, and significant non-compliance.  According to the spokesman this flagrant violation of the laws has been an ongoing problem for […]

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 […]

On a sad note tonight, our fellow blogger, Jack Tirak, of Erie Media-Go-Round, passed away today.  Not much information yet as to arrangements.  Jack’s blogs about Erie media continued right up to his death.  We’ll miss you, Jack.