Included in the discovery in our lawsuit is a text message exchange between the president of Gannon and the county executive where the county executive refers to the library and the Maritime Museum as “anchor tenants”–like Boscov’s or Macy’s at the mall. In other words, the building that Dr. Blasco envisioned and built as hisContinue reading ““Anchor Tenants””
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Shared Space
Gannon will be showing the documentary, “Ripples of Plastics,” over the weekend at the Hirt Auditorium inside Blasco Library. For our take on the documentary, check this earlier blog post: Coincidence?, Part 2 If you’re wondering why “Save Blasco” isn’t being shown at the Blasco, it’s because of the cost involved. Under the lease, Gannon,Continue reading “Shared Space”
63,000 vs 3200
Wait! What?! Gannon is selling its 63,000 square foot Center for Business Ingenuity for $2.2 million, but they need 3200 square feet of OUR library?! To quote Gannon’s spokesman, “Right now, we have a lot of space.” Really? The math ain’t mathing here. State Street home of Gannon’s Center for Business Ingenuity is offered forContinue reading “63,000 vs 3200”
Fun Facts
If you are a City of Erie resident, you might want to attend the city council meeting on July 2nd at 9am. The council is voting on a resolution to loan Gannon University $1 million dollars. Fun fact, this is close to the amount that Gannon would pay for a PILOT (Payment in Lieu ofContinue reading “Fun Facts”
A Place of Privilege
The recent heat wave where the weather was close to 100 degrees and several social media posts gave me a lot to think about last week. A lot of us are lucky and have air conditioning at work and at home.. In fact, I sometimes complain about it being too cold at work. Not everyoneContinue reading “A Place of Privilege”
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who helped to make out Bingo event such a success. What a crowd! If you worked at the entrance table, donated an auction basket or raffle item, sold advance tickets, or even attended, you were part of the team that helped to raise just over $6300 toward our legal fund! MostContinue reading “Thank you!”
Whelp, It’s Certainly an Election Year!
June 7th kicked off the Summer Reading Program at Blasco. If you haven’t signed up yet, you should! Information is here: Color Our World. The county executive–in one of his very rare library visits–made sure to turn it into a photo-op for his re-election campaign and made sure his picture was posted to at leastContinue reading “Whelp, It’s Certainly an Election Year!”
The Scholastic Book Fair for Grown-ups!
The Great American Book Sale is set for June 15-20 at the Flo Fabrizio Ice Center, 423 W. 38th St. Sale hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. June 15-19 and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 20. June is Great American Book Sale month in Erie. Everything to know about the 6-day event. “Reality doesn’t always give usContinue reading “The Scholastic Book Fair for Grown-ups!”
Out of his Depth
The two most recent additions to the county executive’s list of “greatest hits”: ‘Not properly appointed’: State court faults county policy, voids tax sale of Erie house Erie County Council moves to halt unapproved spending by Davis. Why they did so Do you really think someone so out of his depth in the day-to-day hereContinue reading “Out of his Depth”
Keep Our Library Public! 