Posted on June 10, 2006
State Represenative Linda Bebko-Jones of Erie introduced a bill that would provide health insurance for all state residents. It would be funded with a 10 percent payroll tax on businesses and a 3 percent personal income tax. Bebko-Jones didnot run for reelection as representative for the 1st District. The City of Easton paid $3,559 to [...]
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Posted on June 08, 2006
The Invest Erie Community Development Corporation was founded for one mission. To build a grocery store at 19th and Parade Streets. So far they have failed and wasted over $400,000 in your tax dollars doing so. They also have a stack of unpaid bills. In a more perfect world, this would be illegal and those [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2006
Erie East High School grad Goran Rahim is now a published author. His book of poems is titled “A Faded Love“. Rahim was was born just miles outside the Kurdish city of Kirkuk, Iraq. He was 5 when Saddam Hussein began killing ethnic Kurds. His family fled to Pakistan. At age 16 his family resettled [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2006
Erby Conley of Erie is a leading candidate to become the police commissioner of Easton, PA. Conley was Commander of Troop E of the Pennsylvania State Police in Erie and also served as Public Safety Director for the City of Erie. Penelec has filed for a rate increase of $157 million to $206 million. Rates [...]
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