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“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
~Ray Bradbury
Movie Night!
Just Sit Right Back and You’ll Hear a Tale…
…of how Gannon’s Project NetPTWNE needs access to the water–according the Gannon and the county executive. However, Gannon’s ship isn’t even in the water. It’s dry docked and has been for some time.
No offense to Gilligan and the Skipper, but the Environaut is looking like the S.S. Minnow. And at least one faculty member would rather work on campus than in the Blasco Library–the project being called the Great Lakes Education and Research Center back in August 2024, since re-named (more on that in a future post). The argument that Gannon needs a waterfront location for Project NepTWNE is a total shipwreck.
Just a reminder that we have matching funds (up to $1000 total) this week to raise money for our legal fund.
“Well, good luck, Little Buddy.”
~The Skipper, “Gilligan’s Island”
Brenton Doing Brenton Things
I had another post all set for today, but once again, Brenton was doing Brenton things, so I will save it for another day. An audit by the county controller revealed that the county executive made changes to the 2025 budget without the approval of county council. Audit reveals Davis administration made unapproved changes to budget
This is the same guy that gave away 3200 square feet of our library for less than market value. Send a message that his lack of fiscal responsibility is unacceptable by making a contribution to our legal fund for National Library Week.
“My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn’t have any excuse to be stupid.”
~Joan Bauer
National Library Week April 6-12, 2025
In honor of National Library Week, we have an anonymous donor who will match donations given during this week up to a total of $1000. That means if we raise $1000 in donations this week, it becomes $2000.
Libraries around the country are currently under attack, and library funding has been cut. Please give generously to our legal fund to protect our Blasco Library.
“Libraries: The medicine chest of the soul. “
~Library at Thebes, inscription over the door
Litigation by Procrastination, part 3
Unfortunately, this isn’t an April Fools’ Day joke. The county executive didn’t finish his deposition in the KOLP lawsuit today because of a “scheduling miscommunication.” I mean, he is a busy guy…
- Posting propaganda on Facebook.
- Limiting comments on the county Facebook page.
- Campaigning for re-election.
- Using his travel budget at taxpayers’ expense.
- Posing for photo ops.
How can he be expected to respond to taxpayers with his schedule being this full? /sarcasm So now our attorney will have to make another trip to Erie to finish the deposition, which will cost us more money. His silence–while usually welcome–is costing the taxpayers in this instance.
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
~Abraham Lincoln
THIS is OUR House.
Gannon likes to use signs to promote their narrative as can be seen from the many billboards throughout town. Highmark Events Center has this sign in it:
And now our library has this sign in it:
Maybe the goal is to make people think this is a done deal, but there is still a pending lawsuit with a very strong case. As to the fall of 2025? That’s when the trial is scheduled. As a taxpayer, this should make you angry that Gannon has posted a sign in our library when we still haven’t seen our day in court. THIS is OUR house! Please donate to our legal fund to fight this takeover! Any funds raised over and above our legal bills will go to support library programming.
“A library is a collection of texts, but more importantly, it is the soul of a community.”
~Anonymous
The Cheese Stands (Almost) Alone UPDATE
UPDATE: The county executive (of course) vetoed the measure passed by Erie County Council to establish restrictions on social media. On March 25th, Erie County Council voted 7-0 to override the veto. It seems no one on council can justify his behavior any longer.
March 9th, Erie County Council voted 7-0 to limit the county executive’s actions on the county’s social media.
Erie Co. Council votes Tuesday night on usage of county Facebook account.
Erie County Council Votes to Ban Partisan Posts on Official County Social Media Page
His behavior on the Erie County, Pennsylvania Facebook page has been so controversial that even the three council members that usually condone his behavior couldn’t justify it this time. It’s too bad that they didn’t reach this epiphany sooner–such as the vote to override the veto rescinding the library lease. Prior to the social media vote, the county executive turned off commenting, and deleted all posts prior to his administration on the county Facebook page. Immediately following the vote, the county executive deleted the entire page. The page is now up again, with no comments by taxpayers permitted and a new rant about council. And it’s funny how he has so much time to spend so much time on Facebook, but doesn’t have time to respond to our discovery requests. After the 7-0 vote, it appears the one friend he might have left is Gannon, and he had to give away a large chunk of our library to get them. Help us make sure he finally stands alone by donating to our legal fund.
“The cheese stands alone.
“The cheese stands alone.
“Hi-ho, the derry-o!
“The cheese stands alone.”~Traditional
Coincidence?, Part 2
Last week, Gannon showed a documentary, “Ripples of Plastic,” in the Warner Theater. Although the it’s a much larger venue, there were approximately 150 people attending, about the same number of people who came out to see “Save Blasco” in our two screenings so far. Two items of note–one, the documentary shows that a water research lab doesn’t have to be located on the water, and two, plastic sticker were given to attendees.
If you’d like to get the word out about our documentary, please download these QR code to print and distribute:
“I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers – they are journalists.”
~Robert Redford
#MemoryMonday
This is a picture of Dr. Blasco with the bookmobile that he purchased for the Erie County Public Library circa 1990. Keep in mind that he could have given money to any organization in town, but he chose to support our public library. Let’s help keep his vision alive!
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
~Ray Bradbury
How Much is a Library Worth?
Gannon thought it was only worth $5 a square foot for bayfront property instead of the still very undervalued $7 that was put in the lease.
“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.”
~Andrew Carnegie
Keep Our Library Public! 