The People Demand It!

I found this story on firehouse.com, concerning career v volunteer fire department staffing in Lockport, NY - just outside of Buffalo.
While reading it, I immediately thought of the “maybe we will get a career fire department, or maybe we will stay volunteer, or maybe we will have both” situation in Millcreek Township.  I also thought […]

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 […]

The Messiah must have lots and lots of money to spend, since he is opening a campaign office in Edinboro.  My question is…why?
There are plenty of lefty radicals there, it’s not like he has to convince anyone that he is The One.  And for those who don’t buy into Obama, there are plenty of faculty […]

Tomorrow, the Senate is going to take up the massive bailout of mortgage companies.  Democrats are blaming it on Republicans, but is that the truth of the matter?  Watch this video and take what you want from it.  Then call your senators and congresspeople and tell them to “Kill the Bill”.  Enough of them spending […]

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 […]

Help Kill the Bailout.  Click here.
Need the info on how we got here in the first place?  The Hillman has it here.

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 […]