The People Demand It!

Another story on Goerie.com today suggests that the City of Erie Water Authority will be taking over the Millcreek Township Water Authority.
On GlobalErie, we have had a lot of discussions about independent authorities who don’t answer to the people directly.  So the City Water Authority taking over Millcreek’s is probably a good thing, in that […]

I’m not a big fan of raising people’s taxes by any means.  However, for critical lifesaving services I think it is justified.
The Millcreek Township Supervisors are raising the Emergency Services Tax from ten dollars to 52 dollars according to yourerie.com.  The Supervisors state that not even 40 percent of township residents donate to the volunteer […]

When the new Erie County 911 Center was built, certain Erie County Council members decided it wasn’t necessary for the place to have lightning arrestors installed to protect all the expensive electronic equipment, such as computers and radios.
Apparently, there are rumors swirling about the 911 center going offline completely according this story yourerie.com.    From […]

Mayor Sinnott held a townhall meeting Wednesday afternoon, according to WJET.  The meeting was at the Sarah Reed home.  According to Assistant to the Mayor Laura Schaaf:
“When we hear that there are problems with speeding, or street signs or tree limbs those are things then that I go back and make sure that we take […]

…testifying in a civil court case relating to the former IP site.
The case is a dispute between Nick Scott and the Erie County Convention Center Authority.  Scott says the Authority breached a contract with him regarding the building of a hotel on the east bayfront, saying that they had a better offer from MTR Gaming […]

There is this little snippet on yourerie.com about the Erie County budget being published in electronic form.  I’ve said before that Erie is usually ten years behind most everyone else, in this case the County is only about five years behind, so I guess a kudos is in order!  From GoErie:
Erie County government’s 2009 budget […]

Channel 12 has this story on “Why Mercyhurst Helps Erie” by giving the city money in lieu of taxes.  As a non-profit, the school is not required to pay taxes, but they have given the city $500,000 over three years.  Gannon hasn’t given anything, and seems like it is being attacked for not doing so, […]

There’s been talk of shutting down Lake Shore.  There’s been talk of consolidating the Millcreek fire departments into one.  There’s been talk of merging West Lake and Fairview.
And I’m not sure which story is true.
This story from GoErie.com yesterday, bascially assumes that Lake Shore’s station will be shut down altogether, and West Lake would be […]

Well, it sounds like it might be happening, the long-overdue hiring of career firefighters for Millcreek Township is set to be voted on next month by township supervisors.  Check this story on WICU’s website.
From the sounds of it, it is to be a combination department  (a mix of paid and volunteer firefighters).  The five volunteer […]

WJET reports that Dr. Steven Porter, the perennial challenger to Republican Congressman Phil English, is out of the race, clearing the way for Democrat challenger Kathy Dahlkemper to score Porter’s votes.  It’s about time, you would think, for Porter to give it up.  How many times do you have to lose in order to understand […]