2019

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/40023756/city-of-erie-plans-to-install-ten-solarpowered-flashing-school-zone-signs Whether you live in town or just drive through, you’ve probably noticed the occasional car ripping through a school zone during active hours with no regard for anyone’s safety. If your kid walks to an Erie school it’s never far from your mind, and […]

S*** the President Says – 2/25/2019

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, some s*** the president said during the previous week: “.@JussieSmollett – what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA” 2/21/2019 Trump tweet. We might as well start here. What Jussie Smollett did was awful, criminal, and unjustifiably disrespectful to President […]

Huge expansions at UPMC Hamot and Saint Vincent – Something good happened in Erie, 2/21/2019

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20190217/erie-hospitals-undergo-major-renovation-expansion Our city has two hospitals, and each of them is planning to spend nine figures upgrading and adding to their facilities this year. That’s $130 million for Saint Vincent and $111 million for UPMC Hamot. Wow. Here’s a good rundown of Saint Vincent’s plans […]

S*** the President Says – 2/18/2019

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, some s*** the president said during the previous week: “I want to do it faster. I could do the wall over a longer period of time. I didn’t need to do this, but I’d rather do it much faster…. I just want to get it done faster, that’s all.” 2/15/2019 National […]

Tim Palkovic is in the Hall of Fame – Something good happened in Erie, 2/14/2019

Tim Palkovic | Image via Greg Wohlford, Erie Times-News Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20190211/harborcreek-man-named-to-trucking-hall-of-fame Tim Palkovic has been driving for Curtze Food Service for 41 years, logged approximately 2,200,000 miles on the road, and has never been in an accident or even gotten a ticket. That’s crazy enough for […]