“Save Blasco!” won the Documentary Feature for the Erie International Film Festival and was runner up for Audience Award! The list of awards for the documentary keeps growing! You can find out more at “Save Blasco!” Just a reminder that no donations were used for the documentary–all donations go to our legal fund to fightContinue reading “Congratulations to “Save Blasco” (again)!”
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Voting (for “Save Blasco!”) Matters!
“Save Blasco!” has been nominated for the Erie International Film Festival! The list of awards for the documentary has been growing. You can find out more at “Save Blasco!” Just a reminder that no donations were used for the documentary–all donations go to our legal fund to fight the Gannon lease. It was produced byContinue reading “Voting (for “Save Blasco!”) Matters!”
Happy Thanksgiving!
We are so thankful to Dr. Blasco for giving our community such a beautiful library to all its citizens, but we are equally thankful to all of you that are supporting KOLP’s fight to keep that beautiful library entirely public. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! “Although Thanksgiving comes but once a year, every dayContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”
Cradle of Democracy
If you remember the poll last week, we asked in what Athens “Save Blasco!” was next showing. As of this writing, no one voted for Ohio or Alabama. Pennsylvania and Georgia each had 28.57% of the vote, while 42.86% voted for another Athens. If you were among those who voted “Other,” you would be correct.Continue reading “Cradle of Democracy”
99 Properties
Mayor Schember recently released his proposed 2026 budget for the City of Erie. In the budget workbook on page 14, is included a list of tax-exempt properties. This information was included in 2024’s workbook, but not 2025’s. In that 2 years, Gannon became the number one tax-exempt property holder (up from number 3) in theContinue reading “99 Properties”
Where in the World is “Save Blasco” Showing?
Another Honor for “Save Blasco!” Please take the poll below. “So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we’re kind of an international phenomenon.” ~Michael Stipe
Another Honor for “Save Blasco!”
Congratulations for 2nd State Films for yet another honor for being named finalist for the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival 2025. If you haven’t watched “Save Blasco!”, it’s available for viewing at the link. Just a reminder that this was a labor of love by 2nd State Films, and no donations were used toContinue reading “Another Honor for “Save Blasco!””
A Victory for the Taxpayers, part 1
Brenton Davis’ resounding defeat last night was the first victory for the taxpayers. Congratulations to Erie County Executive-Elect Christina Vogel! Let’s make taking back the library the second victory for the taxpayers. Some people have expressed worry about donating to our cause because of possible repercussions. Although there have always been 2 anonymous giving optionsContinue reading “A Victory for the Taxpayers, part 1”
When Someone Shows You Who They Are…
This post was scheduled to send at 7am on Tuesday, November 4th when the polls opened. Have you voted yet? If not, you have until 8pm tonight. As long as you are in line to vote by 8 p.m., you are entitled to cast a ballot. Remember when the county executive posted this after heContinue reading “When Someone Shows You Who They Are…”
Something is Missing Here…
A few points of clarification on this recent ad on the county executive’s re-election Facebook page–you know, the one where people are allowed to comment (unlike the official county Facebook page). Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, it seems that there is something missing in this ad. Funny how he isn’t takingContinue reading “Something is Missing Here…”
Keep Our Library Public! 