Today is election day. Please go and vote at your local polling place – there are several important races, including mayor, county executive and Erie County judge. The Erie Times-News has a comprehensive election guide online.
Joel at Press and Tower takes a deeper look at the election, specifically the Buzz videos, which have become the story of this election. Joel says:
Buzz said that he wanted to reach out to young people, to a new audience to make his case why he should be the next County Executive. Dude, this is not how you do it. He could have created his own YouTube channel, had a friend with a camera help him make quality position videos with good sound and no profanity. He could have Twittered before each public appearance and Facebook friended the entire county.
If DiVecchio wins today, we hope he sees the power of social media. We aren’t saying he needs to come out with accusatory videos – but he may be missing a great opportunity to bypass the mass media as a tool to get his message out and take it right to the people. Mr. County Executive, post your state of the county address on YouTube, or take questions via Twitter. Give people a direct communication link to you.
GE unveiled their new locomotive yesterday, The new four-drive locomotive will be built here in Erie, which is very good news. Jim Martin has more.
A woman was injured yesterday at Splash Lagoon and taken to the hospital.
Sports
An MMA event will be held in Erie on July 25 at the Avalon Hotel. We’ll have more info on this event, being dubbed “Downtown Beatdown,” as it becomes available.
The Penguins grabbed an early two-goal lead and held off a late Hurricanes surge to take an early 1-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Pittsburgh buried two goals in the first period.
The SeaWolves edged out the Harrisburg Senators on Monday night in 10 innings in what was the longest game for Erie in 2009.
One night after scoring 10 runs in one inning, the Pirates’ bats erupted again to the tune of five runs in the sixth inning, as the Bucs beat the Nationals on Monday, 12-7.
