It’s almost time for GE workers to cast their ballots.

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It’s Mercy Week on the Mercyhurst campus.

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Someone needs a proofreader. Stat.

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Our ship has come in!!

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%&/*#@!!

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Police have charged 31-year-old Jermaine Vaughn with beating to death a man on the morning of New Years Day. Passing motorists attempted to help 27-year-old Brent Carey of Erie who was beat unconscious at the corner of 38th and Ash, and later pronounced dead at Hamot Hospital. Vaughn apparently knew the victim but a motive [...]

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Today we’re taking the wraps off our newest project – our new Government Contacter. I’ve read both good and bad ideas on local blogs about ways to improve Erie. It’s easy to suggest change, it’s hard to actually get the ball rolling and get things accomplished. Today, we’re making getting that ball started a little [...]

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Erie broke a record high yesterday when it reached 67 degrees. Then the cold front went through. Winds gusts reaching 65 mph have knocked down branches and trees everywhere. Penelec crews are working at restoring power. The Fort LeBoeuf School District is closed today and others such as General McLane are on delays because of [...]

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Dan Galena filed suit in United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the 7 members of Erie County Council saying council violated county rules, the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act and Galena’s First Amendment rights. Council thinks they are above the law and run the county like their own kingdom. Galena called them [...]

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On Tuesday, County Council Chairman Fiore Leone had a sheriff’s deputy remove Dan Galena from Erie County Council Chambers. Galena is a Republican who is running for the District 7 seat on council. Galena accused council of violating county rules and the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act. Here is the email I received from Mr Galena with [...]

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  Erie County Council voted last evening to delay the smoking ban from going into effect by one month until March 15. Judge John Bozza in his written decision not to impose a temporary injunction on the county wide smoking ban, strongly suggested council delay the ban. Why? Because the taxpayers of Erie County would [...]

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Erie County Council voted to approve a committee that will study and make recommendations on the Erie County Sheriff’s Department powers. The committee includes Judge Ernest DiSantis, DA Brad Foulk, both who rely on council to fund their offices, and three people that work for the county that council could fire. Don’t expect the committee [...]

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When we are infants, we don’t think. Infants act without thinking and such acts are completely honest. As we grow into adults, we become more and more adept at thinking before we act. So either the elected officials of Erie County are not yet adults or they are exceptions to the rule. Erie County Executive [...]

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  Millcreek School District teachers voted in favor of authorizing a strike. Negotiations have been going on for nearly a year with most issues cleared except for salary, health care and retirement. If they want more money, lets hear how the teachers have improved since the last contract. Have the test scores improved? Has the [...]

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Erie County Council, the elected group who spend money less responsibly than a crack whore with a welfare check, approved four new positions for the new $14 million 911 dispatch center and public safety suburban campus. The center and operations are paid out of your pocket with a monthly $1.25 tax added on to your [...]

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