2019

A GIS can help cities gain efficiency by organizing the previously disjointed efforts of various departments into one map. | Image from consumerbusinessreview.com. Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20190829/action-team-embraces-data-to-advance-erie-refocused I’m so excited about this, I barely know where to begin. I guess I should begin with a confession of sorts: […]

S*** the President Says – 8/26/2019

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, some s*** the president said during the previous week: Sometimes when you’re the president and you’re bored, I guess you just close your eyes, spin a globe, and put your finger on some random spot. When you open your eyes and realize you’re on Greenland, you make some crazy public statement […]

Free back to school haircuts! – Something good happened in Erie, 8/23/2019

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20190822/free-haircuts-for-students-saturday-in-erie “Ah, to be a kid again.” How many times have you heard that? You’ll see a kid frolicking in the yard, running around having fun, and someone will comment on how easy and carefree those youthful years were. What a bunch of crap. Being […]

S*** the President Says – 8/19/2019

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, some s*** the president said during the previous week: The economy is doing just fine, if you listen to mainstream news outlets. The president’s favorite metric, however, is the stock market, and stocks recently went tumbling due to something called a “yield curve inversion.” Such inversions have preceded every recession in […]

Generosity after an unspeakable tragedy – Something good happened in Erie, 8/16/2018

A memorial in front of 1248 W. 11th St., the site of Sunday morning’s tragic fire. | Photo via WJET. Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good stories of the week: https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/40907163/country-fair-to-donate-proceeds-from-coffee-sales-to-families-of-daycare-fire-victims https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/getgo-donates-5000-to-families-affected-by-daycare-fire/amp/ https://www.goerie.com/news/20190813/erie-gives-raises-553-million-from-8958-donors This past week was not a good one. Not after a horrific fire ripped through a home on Erie’s lower west side, […]