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Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming soon. Black eyeliner optional.

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Stadiumachismo.

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TGIF

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Remember lawn darts? I wasn’t allowed to run with scissors, but I could throw stubby little spears around the yard all day long.

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Beautiful! Gorgeous! Wish you were here!

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Election Day events are still dominating the news this morning, a day and a half after the polls closed.

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Welcome to the newly refreshed but still awesome ErieBlogs.com. Happy Monday!

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U.S. Congresswoman Kathleen Dahlkemper has co-sponsored The Locomotive Fleet Investment and Tax Credit Act of 2009.  The tax credit is intended to encourage all aspects of the locomotive industry, through increased manufacturing, sales, and purchasing.  By increasing demand, the act should also preserve jobs in the industry.  The act would create a 30% tax credit.  [...]

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Folks, we know it stinks, but please, when you brush the snow off your car, get all the windows, especially the back one. Here’s a photo and post from CambridgeSprings.net yesterday. Joe Sinnott has announced he will seek a second term as mayor of the city of Erie. Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper voted in favor of [...]

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Judge William Cunningham has upheld his sentencing of Teri Rhodes. Rhodes pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her newborn baby. Judge Cunningham sentenced Rhodes last fall to 9 to 18 years in prison. There will be a hearing on February 4 to determine if Rhodes can be released on bail pending her appeal. [...]

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Tonight is Erie’s downtown d’Lights beginning at 6 p.m. The annual lighting of downtown Erie kicks of the Christmas Season with a number of events.  If you take pictures of the event and upload them to your Flickr or some other image repository, let us know and we’ll link to your pictures in tomorrow’s news [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!  There might be some snow showers today and a high of 39 degrees.  Stay warm and be safe traveling. What are you thankful for today? Post a comment and share your thoughts. If you think it’s been snowing a lot lately, you’re correct. As of Tuesday, Erie had already been received 19 inches [...]

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Be careful tonight as Thanksgiving Eve is a popular “bar night.”  Those coming in from out of town are reuniting with old friends, or simply getting a last few drinks in before spending a long day with family.  Some bars claim today rivals St. Patty’s and New Year’s Eve attendance. Weather conditions for the next [...]

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Three days until Thanksgiving.  We can practically taste the stuffing. Please be sure to follow the odd/even regulations regarding parking in the City of Erie. People not following those rules have made it difficult for city crews to get all the side streets plowed. The owners of Molly Brannigans are due in court in South [...]

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Teri Rhodes will appear before court today for sentencing. Rhodes pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter this past August for the murder of her own child whom she gave birth in her Mercyhurst apartment and immediately suffocated to death. Rhodes was a sophmore attending Mercyhurst when she gave birth to the full-term baby girl on August [...]

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Former Erie firefighter Mary Wolski, who lost her job after setting her father’s house on fire in 2006, filed a complaint in federal court in an attempt to fight her termination. Wolski claims she was fired in violation of the American with Disabilities Act since she suffered from severe depression and that the City of [...]

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The Erie Times-News announced yesterday they will offer buyouts to 25 employees, or about 9% of their work force in a cost-cutting move. Employees were notified of the cuts during a meeting yesterday afternoon. We certainly don’t mean to poke any fun at the pain of losing a job,but when we read the story at GoErie, [...]

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The US House of Representatives did not pass the bailout bill yesterday afternoon. The already shaky markets responded by closing down 777 points. Ouch, babe. Rep. Phil English voted against the bill yesterday. He released a statement saying, in part: While I support the need for congressional action to stabilize the credit markets, the legislation [...]

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The Erie Block Party, held most Thursday evenings during the summer, will be held this week at Jr’s Last Laugh Comedy Club featuring the rock band M-80′s. The event theme is “Take You Back” and benefits Vietnam Veterans Chapter 435. Upcoming block parties: August 14 – No block party; CelebrateErie begins. August 21 at Matthew’s [...]

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First on the docket today, several local companies announced earnings reports yesterday. Here’s a brief recap: Erie Indemnity Company, parent company of Erie Insurance, released their quarterly earnings report yesterday. Net income per share was $0.71, down from $1.11 compared to the second quarter of last year. ERIE shares closed yesterday at $45.14. If you [...]

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Kevin Flowers of the Times-News had an interesting story yesterday about the recent turnover of TV news reporters and anchors in Erie. Some are staying local and moving to different jobs, such in the cases of Pat Van Zandt and Karla Mullenax Wluydga, while others are using Erie as a springboard to jobs in bigger, [...]

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Erie City Council unanimously passed Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott’s proposed 2008 $57.1 million budget. A second reading is still required. All members of Erie City Council as well as Mayor Joe Sinnott are tax-and-spend liberal Democrats. Council ignored $335,500 in budget cuts recommended by their own accountant, Sean T Sullivan, CPA. Here are the recommended [...]

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  The proposed 2008 city budget is not available on the city web site. Guess they don’t want the peasants getting their hands on the information. Or maybe the 4 people working in the information technology office (2007 office budget of $268,572; $246,977 in wages and benefits for 4 people, average per person of $61,744) [...]

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The City of Erie had a budget deficit of $1.3 million in 2006. That’s according to the draft of the audit done by the regional CPA firm of McGill, Power, Bell and Associates. One of the requirements to have Erie declared a distressed city under Act 47, the Distressed Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, is five [...]

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Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio’s 2008 preliminary budget calls for a .25 mill tax increase. The enormous amount of property taxes is a big reason why Erie can’t attract new businesses. DiVecchio must want people and existing businesses to move away. According to The Tax Foundation in their 2006 report on Property Taxes on Owner [...]

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I received more info on the City of Erie health care insurance. The city budgeted $16,500 per employee and councilperson for 2007. In response to the questions you posed related to my e-mail, I have some additional information for you. First of all, the City of Erie is “self insured.” They pay the actual costs [...]

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I received the following from a reader that brings up a great point – I’m just wondering why there has not been any ink given to the City of Erie’s 2007 Budget. Of particular interest to me was the overstating of the “estimated” health insurance costs. The budget allocates approximately $16,500 for each city employee, [...]

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Carpet bombing of the city wouldn’t have caused as much damage as Erie City Council manged to do yesterday. Council passed a $59.88 million budget for the City of Erie for 2007. Council did zero work to cut any costs. The budget proposed by the mayor was just rubber stamped by council. This could be [...]

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  Want to laugh a little, cry a little? I’ve posted the 2007 City of Erie budget online. You have to see the budget for 2007 Erie City Council operations. If you’ll remember the mayor and council were trying to get the city unions to give concessions and contribute to their health benefits. Maybe that [...]

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