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Erie PA News and Events for Tuesday November 15, 2005
Posted by Dennis on November 15, 2005
The official count for last Tuesdays election took place yesterday. The focus of the county was the race for Erie County Executive because there was only a six vote difference between the two candidates. Democrat Mark DiVecchio now leads Republican Dale McBrier by 117 votes, a 123 vote swing. All machine votes are now official. The absentee ballots and the provisional votes will be checked today.
Erie Traffic Court employee Deborah Steff was arraigned on felony theft charges yesterday. She admitted to stealing over $100,000 in traffic court fines over the past 4 plus years. Steff said she spent the money on vacations, shopping sprees and eating. How the heck does someone get away with stealing money for 5 years? Are there no controls at city hall? Is there EVER an audit?
Briana Kriebel Banner has been named branch manager of the National City bank branch at Broad Street in Sewickley, PA. A native of Clarion, PA, Banner received a bachelor’s degree from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College and an MBA from the University of North Florida.
The Gannon University Box City, designed to raise awareness of homelessness, is scheduled for Thursday, Nov 17 from 8 am to 4 pm in AJ’s Way, which runs between West 7th and 8th Streets just west of Peach. Students, faculty, and staff will live in makeshift box homes for at least one hour and will collect donations from passersby. All monies collected will be donated to area organizations, including Kid’s Cafe, Second Harvest Food Bank, the Martin Luther King Center, Erie DAWN, and St Patrick’s Haven.
Linda Colvin-Rhodes, DEd, former secretary of aging for Pennsylvania and director of the new Hirtzel Institute on Health Education and Aging at Mercyhurst North East, headlines the conference, “Aging: The Changing Landscape and the Impact on Social Services,” Thursday, Nov 17, on campus of Mercyhurst College in Erie. Mercyhurst’s department of social work and Stairways Behavioral Health are co-hosting the event that is designed to expand the professional development of social workers. For more information, or to register, contact David Maciukiewicz at Stairways, 814-878-2155.
College basketball season in Erie begins tonight. Gannon, Mercyhurst and Edinboro all have home games. The Gannon women and Mercyhurst women have their season openers before the mens games.
Andy Franck, who has a final exam on Wednesday at Mercyhurst College, is the starting goaltender for the Wheeling Nailers, the first-place team in the North Division of the ECHL. He outplayed their two backup goaltenders to earn a spot on the roster. Franck is 3-1 with a 2.00 goals against average and .918 save percentage.
Preston Harris has committed to Gannon University. Harris who was the leading scorer on the McDowell basketball team transfered to Cathedral Prep this year.
Posted by Dennis at November 15, 2005 7:05 AM
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Apparently there are two Deborah Steffs that work for the City.
Posted by: Jenson at November 15, 2005 9:06 AM
And I have verification that Harborcreek is inhabited by the Steff that isn't being charged.
"Investigative Reporting by Jenson"
hahaha.
Posted by: Jenson at November 15, 2005 10:55 AM
I edited the part of the entry wondering if it was the same person that lived in Harborcreek.
Good job Jenson!
Posted by: Dennis at November 15, 2005 11:02 AM
Check out the stupid comments in the Times article by Ron Sertz of the Erie Otters about this woman.
Maybe if Ron feels a need to praise this scummy person so much, he'll offer her a full-time job with the Otters instead of her just being President of the Otters Fan Club?
Posted by: Matt at November 15, 2005 11:50 AM
This woman is also 48 years old, and has worked at City Hall for 30 years? Imagine having that kind of nice cushy job security, and STILL feeling the need to take all that money.
What a horrible person. Of course, it's not surprising that David Ridge is defending her. You could fill a book with all the scumbags David Ridge has defended in the Erie area over the years.
Posted by: Matt at November 15, 2005 11:52 AM
The Erie Police Chief, Charles Bowers, even praised her for being a good employee! What the F##K! Are you kidding me??? She took over $100,000 from the City and everyone is saying what a wonderful person she is!? I hope the state takes over the city...I REALLY DO! What a bunch of bozos! I want to know why no one has said anything about all the money the city has taken from the water reserve fund to pay last years bills? Isn't the city LEGALLY obligated to pay the money back? Bunch of no good crooks...ALL OF THEM!
Posted by: tim at November 16, 2005 3:01 PM
Maybe someone should have asked Charles Bowers how this woman was able to steal from the city for SO long, and from a position right DOWN THE HALL from the police!! Do people in Erie realize how close her office was to the Cops?
As for Charles Bowers, maybe he's too busy promoting his brother to high positions to be paying close enough attention.
Posted by: Matt at November 17, 2005 9:53 AM
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