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	<title>What If?</title>
	<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah</link>
	<description>by Dale Hannah</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Update Calling Information for Flood Victims</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/07/02/update-calling-information-for-flood-victims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeowners Now Asked to Call Municipalities to Report 
Flood Damage
Number to call for Erie residents only: 870-1450
Everyone Else
Homeowners Now Asked to Call Municipalities to Report 
Flood Damage
(ERIE, PA)&#8211;For the past 48 hours the Erie County Emergency Management team has been gathering information and assessing damage done by the excessive flooding to our area on Tuesday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DiVecchio Declares State of Emergency~Number to Call</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/07/01/divecchio-declares-state-of-emergencynumber-to-call/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/07/01/divecchio-declares-state-of-emergencynumber-to-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[County Executive Declares Disaster Emergency for Erie County

(ERIE, PA)&#8211; This afternoon, County Executive Mark DiVecchio declared a Disaster Emergency for Erie County due to the water damage caused by the excessive rain and flooding yesterday.  An emergency declaration allows Emergency Management Coordinators and elected officials to coordinate the activities of the emergency response, to take all appropriate action needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erie County Health Department Statement on Tires-to-Energy Facility</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/07/01/erie-county-health-department-statement-on-tires-to-energy-facility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/07/01/erie-county-health-department-statement-on-tires-to-energy-facility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Power Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Erie County Board of Health issued a release today referring to the proposed ERE tire plant proposed for the former International Paper property on East Lake Road.
Paul Burroughs, Esq. is Chairman of the Board of Health.  He presented this statement explaining the position of the Board re the medical concerns which have been brought to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme Makeover~Must We Stop Now?</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/29/extreme-makeovermust-we-stop-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/29/extreme-makeovermust-we-stop-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Panepento wrote an amazing post at &#8216;Outside Erie&#8217; this morning that evoked a ton of thoughts that have crossed my mind in recent days.
Of course, the &#8220;Extreme Makeover&#8221; has been in the limelight for a few days, and has mobilized private citizens in Erie to volunteer by the hundreds to do their part to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nationalized Health Care</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/26/nationalized-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/26/nationalized-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/26/nationalized-health-care/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I posted about our health-care system, especially the part that is administered by the government.
I am now retired, after 50 years of paying into the system for my retirement, paying into my own retirement plan, buying my own insurance, paying my own medical bills that the insurance did not cover, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership Discussion</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/16/more-erie-regional-chamber-and-growth-partnership-discussion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/16/more-erie-regional-chamber-and-growth-partnership-discussion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/16/more-erie-regional-chamber-and-growth-partnership-discussion/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I posted that the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership was named a finalist for Chamber of the Year.  Several commenters had questions as to the operation of the Chamber and its effectiveness as a tool for bringing new business to the Erie area, and in helping existing enterprise to grow and become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All-American City? Not Quite!</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/14/all-american-city-not-quite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/14/all-american-city-not-quite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[All American City]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Griswold Park]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Joe Sinnott]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/14/all-american-city-not-quite/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you think Erie has demonstrated that it deserves to be selected as an &#8220;All-American City&#8221;?  Apparently some city officials do, as they head off to Florida to plead the city&#8217;s case, with Mayor Joe Sinnott leading the charge.
This potential honor could be another tool for the city to use in its quest to lure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership Named Finalist</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/12/erie-regional-chamber-and-growth-partnership-named-finalist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/12/erie-regional-chamber-and-growth-partnership-named-finalist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Promoting Erie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[revitalization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[2009 Chamber of the Year Award]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Finalist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Dibble]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/12/erie-regional-chamber-and-growth-partnership-named-finalist/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership on being named a finalist for the 2009 Chamber of the Year Award, sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.
This is a great national recognition of the important work being done in the Erie area to help existing businesses improve and encourage establishment of new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port Authority Misses the Boat</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/11/unsmart-transportation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/11/unsmart-transportation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/11/unsmart-transportation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to my favorite target for furnishing me with ammunition for another post.
The state of Pennsylvania is giving 5.3 million of taxpayer dollars to the Erie Port Authority and Ray Schreckengost to spend as part of a &#8217;smart transportation&#8217; project.
The Authority intends to spend 5 million of the money to build a welcome center for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rail Corridor</title>
		<link>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/11/rail-corridor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalerie.com/dalehannah/2009/06/11/rail-corridor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Hannah</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Union Station]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[County Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kyle Foust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[County Councilman Kyle Foust is chairing a discussion of the proposed rail corridor and how it can effect and enhance the Erie area.  The public gathering will take place this afternoon at 5 pm at the Erie County Courthouse, 140 W. 6th.  I intend to be there and will try to bring back some information [...]]]></description>
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