When reporters spend time in Erie, sitting down and talking to the people who actually live and work in the area, they find Trump support still strong, contrary to what some media figures believe, especially those who haven’t bothered to visit. If you live in Washington, D.C., New York or Los Angeles it’s easy to […]
New York Post Article Examines the Race for Erie Mayor
The race for Erie mayor is getting national attention. After Erie County voted for President Trump, the first Republican since Ronald Reagan, many are wondering if the City of Erie will elect its first Republican mayor since 1961. If a recent NY Post article is any indication of where voters stand, it may happen. John […]
Making the Move From Shop Floor to Computer Keyboard
If you build locomotives at GE, you’ll be looking for a job pretty soon, but there aren’t many jobs like that around Erie, so what can you do? Well, the digital world of the internet, software and web apps is huge, but there’s no place for a blue collar factory worker in computer programming, … […]
Shinola is Creating Jobs in an Old Manufacturing City, Could This Work in Erie?
Detroit, Michigan has suffered a massive decline from those years of automotive dominance and prosperity, but they’re building things again in smaller companies and creating hundreds of jobs in the process. Shinola may be an example of the kind of thinking we could apply in Erie County to rebuild our reputation for producing high quality […]
GE Earnings Call Paints Bleak Picture for Transportation
During the earnings call on July 21st, Jeff Bornstein, General Electric Company, Vice Chairman laid out the situation for GE Transportation and it explains why major changes are necessary: On Transportation, North American carload volume continues to improve off a low base. Carload volume grew 7.3% in the quarter, driven by Intermodal higher by 5.6% […]
GE Ending Locomotive Production in Erie after 2018
According to GoErie.com, GE Transportation will end all locomotive production in Erie by the end of 2018, transferring all work to Fort Worth, Texas and resulting in the loss of 575 hourly jobs. There was no mention of how many salaried employees would be affected. This move has long been rumored and widely anticipated by […]
Green Jobs Disappear When Tax Subsidies End
Our county executive, Kathy Dahlkemper, often touts the benefits of wind energy to Erie County citing the many green jobs it will create, but Ontario is a great example of what really happens. It’s a learning experience for those willing to learn. Short term jobs An Ontario factory producing wind turbine blades is closing, ending […]
Quick Steps to Fixing Health Care
Fixing health care isn’t the unimaginably complex issue most people make it out to be. It isn’t easy to fix because of politics, not because there are no good solutions, it’s because it will meet resistance from politicians, health care lobbyists, hospital administrators, pharmaceutical companies and anyone else who benefits greatly from the system as […]
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