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 [...]

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We’re a bit burned out this morning after the Penguins Game 7 last night and 2 hours of Lost, which was typically mind-bending. The big news of the day is the video posted to YouTube featuring Anthony Buzz Andrezeski attacking Erie County Executive Mark Divecchio. If you missed the video, we posted about it yesterday [...]

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Buzz Andrezeski, candidate for Erie County Executive, goes off on Mark Divecchio in this video posted to YouTube. He says in the video: “Mark Divecchio, in meetings with other people, said Sue Weber, after the Peninsula is closed, would have illicit sex with men other then her husband. Do you really think somebody in public [...]

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The big news out of Harrisburg is the proposed budget by Governor Rendell for 2009-2010.  The proposed budget is $29 billion dollars –  $26.6 billion plus another expected $2.4 billion in yet to be seen federal funds.  In total, it is a 2.5% increase over last years budget. In his speech before legislators yesterday, Rendell [...]

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The Associated Press first reported that former state representative Linda Bebko-Jones and her chief of staff Mary Fiolek were charged earlier today with forgery, tampering with public records and a number of other charges. A number of signatures were faked on her last nominating petition. Former state Sen Anthony “Buzz” Andrezeski wrote a letter to [...]

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A state grand jury is investigating former state Representative Linda Bebko-Jones and her staff for fraudulent nominating petition signatures. This is more than likely going to lead to criminal charges. Bebko-Jones quit her re-election campaign for an 8th term when she said she would not defend a petition challenge. A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by Dennis [...]

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