On Monday, Senior Judge Edward Reibman ruled that the county executive violated the Home Rule Charter by issuing vetoes for the 2023 and 2024 budgets to increase spending Don’t forget, he did the same thing with the 2025 budget as well. More information is available here: Judge rules that Brenton Davis budget vetoes violated ErieContinue reading “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus”
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Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Highlighting another part of this mess of a budget…Apparently the county executive never heard the old saying, “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds are a gift from the federal government that will need to be returned if they aren’t allocated by the end of the year. TheContinue reading “Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth”
“Bad Blood”
(Brenton’s Version) The original budget the county executive handed to county council: JES Presents – Making Sense of Erie County Residents’ Dollars and Cents Brenton’s Version (aka Brenton’s Spin): County Executive Davis Announces 2025 Budget Vetoes A few takeaways– He says that his economic development department is not a duplication of effort, despite the factContinue reading ““Bad Blood””
The Math Ain’t Mathing, Folks!
One of our contentions in our lawsuit against the county executive is that the lease with Gannon breached his fiduciary duty to the taxpayers of Erie County. In keeping with that pattern, his proposed 2025 is, well, I don’t think I can say it better than Erie County Council: Erie County Council: Davis’ budget hasContinue reading “The Math Ain’t Mathing, Folks!”
S-BOOK-TACULAR Sale
Support the Friends of the Library! The S-BOOKTACULAR Sale is from Thursday, Oct. 17 through Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 at Blasco Library. Also, at the Bayfront Bookshelf, all Stephen King and Anne Rice titles are on sale through October 28! Make sure you visit the library itself while you are there and keep those numbersContinue reading “S-BOOK-TACULAR Sale”
Keep Our Library Public! 