In the push for a community college, Erie County keeps pointing out that it would be: the first new stand-alone community college in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1993. There might be a good reason for that. What are some changes since 1993 that might affect how education is delivered? Amazon began selling books online […]
Do You Think Erie County Should Be in the College Business?
When writing the other day about the Erie County Community College and what it was supposed to be, I had not yet seen the proposal submitted by the county. It’s now on the county website with all of the associated studies and resolutions, somehow, I missed it when looking for it a short while ago. […]
Are Erie’s Community College Proponents Aware of Nationwide Enrollment Declines?
Community colleges nationwide are facing serious declines in enrollment and have been for almost ten years as adult learners are returning to the workforce due to the improving economy, but adding to that is a demographic change where fewer students are graduating from high schools and by 2025 it’s expected that drop will accelerate. Combined […]
What Exactly is an Erie County Community College Supposed to Be?
Ready, Fire, Aim. Do you remember the GEIDC? The Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation was given an unsecured loan for $3 million dollars by Erie County because county council and the county executive were convinced, we needed a big rail terminal. It turns out we needed no such thing and the money was lost when […]
Voter ID Bill Introduced in PA House
Rep. Jeff Wheeland (R-Lycoming) has introduced House Bill 1579, a voter ID law for Pennsylvania. It’s an excellent idea and long overdue. With online voter registration and at least one local legislator promoting the idea of same day registration, this is a simple and common sense requirement that all residents of the state should support. […]
Curt Sonney Trying to Divert Your Attention with Great Lakes Resolution
State Representative Curt Sonney introduced a resolution in the PA House to declare September 7th “Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Appreciation Day.” This is the same Curt Sonney who previously introduced House Bill 685, the “Lake Erie Wind Energy Development Act,” for the purpose of opening 10,000 acres of Lake Erie lake bed in Erie County […]
Did You Know Pennsylvania Exports More Electricity Than Any Other State?
Pennsylvania is our country’s leading exporter of electricity according to the United States Energy Information Administration. Electricity routinely flows among the Lower 48 states and, to a lesser extent, between the United States and Canada and Mexico. From 2013 to 2017, Pennsylvania was the largest net exporter of electricity, sending an annual average of 59 […]
ATM Skimming Incidents Reported in Erie
Two local credit unions have reported skimming incidents at two locations in Erie. One was at 1129 State Street at the Tendto Credit Union ATM and the other was at 518 State Street at the Erie Federal Credit Union ATM. The Tendto incident is described here: On March 14, 2019, Tendto Credit Union discovered that […]
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