The People Demand It!

So this is the last post for me on The People Demand It!
Thanks to everyone who has read the blog over the last year, and thanks to Peter and Sarah, Dale and the other bloggers on GE.  It has been a great year working with GlobalErie, and I have hopes that the network will grow.  […]

To All My Liberal Friends: 
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions […]

I want to thank all of our veterans out there, including my dad!  Thank you all!

I’m off at work for a few days, I come back, and Erie Blog Watch and Danny Lucas are battling it out to see who can write the longest personal attack/rant  against each other on my blog.
I warned everyone that it wouldn’t be tolerated.  The offending posts have been removed.  The two who used this […]

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

Sorry for the last two weeks of non-existent blogging, I’ve had a lot of things going on, but don’t worry - this coming week I’ll be back at it - you have been warned!
Oh, and don’t forget Discover Presque Isle is going on this weekend, so if you’re in Erie it is a no-miss-event, so […]

On top of a poor Zoo Parade, the Zoo is coming under fire from PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA, based in Norfolk, Virginia, wrote a letter-to-the-editor of the Erie Times. PETA is apparently upset that the Zoo bought a new locomotive for the ubiquitous “zoo train”, according to PETA representative […]

I remember going to the Erie Zoo Parade as a kid, and enjoying an hour-long parade. Firetrucks, motorcycle cops, the Zem-Zem guys, and a bunch of different animals from the zoo!
But, as with everything else, it has apparently gone downhill. My sister Alyson, who is living with my mom right now while she […]

Timothy Wachter, a lawyer at the Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett law firm in Erie, and a member of the Young Erie Professionals, seems to think that young professionals are starting to return to Erie in an Op-ed piece on GoErie.com.
My questions is, for what?
Not that I wouldn’t want to return to Erie - but […]

I know this isn’t directly Erie related, but I found it an interesting piece.
A Jacksonville, Florida woman recently made her eight-year-old son stand on the side of a road for three hours with a sign that said “I was rude to my teacher. I can’t come to school. I am sorry.” With the other side […]