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Re: Concerns for PennDOT's Bayfront Parkway Project - Erie News Now | WICU and WSEE in Erie, PA

stangetz — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:57:37 -0000

Has anyone told Adam Trott that the highway he fears PennDOT will be building has already been built and they are trying to make much better upgrades and improvements?

Re: Video: Hands-on With Moto X Android 4.4 “Kit Kat”

stangetz — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:41:39 -0000

Has anyone mentioned the Location access has been revamped as well? I use the GPS quite a bit, and thats the first thing I looked at. Anyway to clear the "Recent Location Requests"?

Re: Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Monday, June 15, 2009

stangetz — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:03:13 -0000

Houses explode because of a natural gas problem. Go ask National Fuel.

I'm bettin.

Also, for every d-bag out there, there are 20 nice people. Sometimes, you don't even know it, which is unfortunate.

Re: Erie PA News, Sports and Events for Tuesday, April 14, 2009

stangetz — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:06:22 -0000

"Having solved all other problems, the nation is overwhelmingly grateful the Erie area was able to provide the President with a new puppy to relax and play with. Our long national nightmare is over"

Re: Pittsburgh Steelers 2009 NFL Schedule

stangetz — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:45:59 -0000

What? No Monday night games?

Re: Community College Report Now Available

stangetz — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:31:07 -0000

If this community college is going to serve crawford and warren counties, does that mean they will pay for it as well?

One of the questions that should have been asked, that probably wasn't, of the respondents of any of the surveys they administered:
Are you aware of all the training/educational facilities/opportunities that are currently available in the area right now?
because I guarantee you they aren't even being discussed.

Re: Breaking News: Gov. Sarah Palin Coming to Erie

stangetz — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:27:43 -0000

Well, then, its a good thing McCain is running for president and she isn't.

As for your other claim, time for a fact check, or as I like to call it: Reality.

Television market:
Nielsen Designated Market Area; Erie Pa population - 157,830 (142nd out of 210 DMAs in the US)

Radio market (just for a good measure):
Arbitron Radio Market; Erie Pa population - 237,400 (169th out of 302 Arbitron market areas in the US)

Just for the hell of it, here's Erie County's population in 2000:
280,843 courtesy of the US Census.

Population of Alaska:
626,932 in 2000; according the US Census
670,053 2006 estimate, also courtesy of the US Census.

So, it looks to me that you have no idea what you are talking about in terms of demographics and relative population sizes.

Also, no matter how small you incorrectly think Alaska is by population, it is still is a higher number than the number of citizens Obama has governed over, which at last count was STILL zero (0).

Here's my list of sources, which is something someone does when quoting numerical facts:

Nielson numbers:
http://www.nielsenmedia.com...

Arbitron numbers:
http://www.arbitron.com/rad...

Alaska and Erie County Census information:
http://factfinder.census.gov
select 'Alaska' under where it says 'State' for Alaska
or 'Erie' where it says 'City' and Pennsylvania where it says 'State'

PS - finding the info took me all of 5 minutes, most which was taking the time to actually READ it.

Re: Breaking News: Gov. Sarah Palin Coming to Erie

stangetz — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:39:01 -0000

Do you have a list of those 'lost freedoms'?

I'm just curious what they are considering I seem to be living life with the exact same freedoms I had 8 years ago.

I think I missed the memo.

Re: Erie YouTube of the Week: Interstate 79

stangetz — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:08:50 -0000

This must have been during the afternoon.

If it was between 7:30 and 9am, you would be seeing suv's and pickup trucks flashing by at high rates of speed.

You'd see it again between 4 and 6pm, too.

Lucky for them the State Police ignores I-79 all day.

Re: Erie YouTube of the Week: Edinboro University Homecoming

stangetz — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:27:27 -0000

Its too bad EUP's new president has such a distaste for the borough of Edinboro.

Over the years, The borough has hosted the Homecoming Parade, and has been a great way to catch up with family and friends alike.

Obviously, closing off the two main roads, which comprise of one state highway (SR99) and one federal highway (6N), with local volunteer fire police from Edinboro and surrounding communities incurs a cost.

Over decades of doing this, the University has helped the Borough offset this cost by either paying them directly or offering services over the course of the year.

When the new University president ( who doesn't even have a residence in the Borough, or even the state- he lives in New York) was approached by the Borough to offset this years costs, not only was the Borough flatly denied, but the University president absolutely refused to even negotiate offering services, like previous presidents.

The spin from the University is they want alumni to see the new buildings being built all over campus, so they are having the parade within the campus grounds.

Judging from the size of the crowds from parades over the last 25 years, there is no way the grounds of the University will be able to hold all the cars, people, and beercans that could possibly show up.

As a EUP alumni and lifelong resident of Edinboro, I'm disgusted that the tradition of the Homecoming Parade has been shredded by someone who has no sense of what this is all about and makes no effort to bring together the community and the college.

And by the way - the amount the Borough had asked for to help offset the costs (not pay the whole thing, mind you) was a mere $3,000.

To put it into perspective, the EUP Alumni Association puts on an Alumni Brunch on the lawn of Reeder Hall every homecoming - to the tune of $30,000. And Reeder Hall doesn't even face the campus loop.

Re: Erie PA News and Events for Tuesday, August 5, 2008

stangetz — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:28:30 -0000

"Instead Summit Township along with Millcreek, McKean, and Greene townships and McKean Borough get to argue amongst themselves what to do with $5.5 million."

This is only kind of true. In order to get the monies, those municipalities have to apply for it and only if the project they want the money for directly deals with the casino.

A popular misconception is that these 5 municipalities are just being handed money over to them. This is not at all the case.

The point of the lawsuit was this: The County felt the restricted funds could be applied for by any of the municipalities in the county. The Summit 'group' felt the restricted funds could only be applied for by Summit Twp, Millcreek Twp, Greene Twp, McKean Twp and McKean Borough.

The irony of the whole thing is that, according to the gaming law, whatever money is left over in the restricted funds *after* these municipalities successfully apply for it *goes to the county*.

So the county wins no matter what. The county was actually trying to help the other municipalities have a chance to successfully apply for the money.